How do you store hand made sets?

Turnitin2004 · 02-20-2022, 09:44 PM

Specifically for this one thinking about 2021 Topps Update. Such a high percentage of the cards are rookie cards. Do you store all the RC in penny sleeves and top loaders separately? Do you store only the biggest rookies separate and maybe store the semi important rookies in penny sleeves in the box with the rest?

I usually just store everything together, but there are so may rookie cards in this set I figured id get other people opinions.

hxcmilkshake · 02-20-2022, 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turnitin2004

Specifically for this one thinking about 2021 Topps Update. Such a high percentage of the cards are rookie cards. Do you store all the RC in penny sleeves and top loaders separately? Do you store only the biggest rookies separate and maybe store the semi important rookies in penny sleeves in the box with the rest?

I usually just store everything together, but there are so may rookie cards in this set I figured id get other people opinions.

Anyone decent in a penny sleeve/ top loader on top of the rest in numerical order in the box.

If the set is like $100 or more it goes in sheets/album.

2021 update does nothing for me its all in a box for now.

Sent from my SM-G981U using Tapatalk

Turnitin2004 · 02-20-2022, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hxcmilkshake

Anyone decent in a penny sleeve/ top loader on top of the rest in numerical order in the box.

If the set is like $100 or more it goes in sheets/album.

2021 update does nothing for me its all in a box for now.

Sent from my SM-G981U using Tapatalk

Nice guidelines.

Doesnt do anything for me specifically, but I like opening update because I can complete a set in 1 box. India and Kelenic should be top loaded and separate at least I would think no?

somethingclever · 02-20-2022, 11:19 PM

I normally penny sleeve the entire set, key RCs are usually top loaded in my RC box but not always with newer sets.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

towerymt · 02-20-2022, 11:59 PM

I sleeved the entire 2018 Topps Chrome Update sets. I only sleeve the significant RCs in the paper sets.

Skipscards · 02-21-2022, 03:16 AM

I just tack them right up against the wall.

bblair_2002 · 02-21-2022, 05:39 AM

My 1972 and 1973 Topps sets are in sheets and a binder. My 2011-2014 Topps colored parallel sets and 2015-2021 refractor sets are all sleeved and kept in either 2 or 3 row shoeboxes. The bigger cards are also in toploaders. Base sets I just keep in a 550 ct. box.

Bruin7 · 02-21-2022, 06:53 AM

I use the VaultX side loading binders. Love that they’re designed to use a sleeve with the card. Beautiful way to keep hand collated sets.

fulltritty · 02-21-2022, 07:13 AM

Top RCs go in penny sleeve. The entire set goes in a binder if numerical order. All of my sets are in binders. It doesn't matter if I bought them whole or put them together myself by opening boxes.

Turnitin2004 · 02-21-2022, 02:31 PM

Wow, I had no idea so many people used binders for their sets still.

The main reason I ask is because I store my handmade sets in boxes, and its kind of odd to have a couple cards in penny sleeves within the set, and obviously you cant put the top loaded cards in the box with the others, so I was curious how others handled that part.

RustyDawg37 · 02-21-2022, 02:41 PM

Love using binders. Makes it easier to look at them when i want to remember why I am spending all this money on cardboard.

Edit: the most valuable card I own is part of a set I am building and is in a binder.

hxcmilkshake · 02-21-2022, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turnitin2004

Wow, I had no idea so many people used binders for their sets still.

The main reason I ask is because I store my handmade sets in boxes, and its kind of odd to have a couple cards in penny sleeves within the set, and obviously you cant put the top loaded cards in the box with the others, so I was curious how others handled that part.

I can fit some top loaded cards in the box, even a graded card or 2...rest that cant fit go in a box, and I put an index card in the set box reminding me theres a card for this set in another box. Lotta boxes.

Same goes for binders. Pics below

Sent from my SM-G981U using Tapatalk

DynaEtch · 02-21-2022, 06:11 PM

I agree, if it's just like 3 toploaded cards or so, they fit ok on top of the common cards in an 800ct box.

MOONBASE1 · 02-22-2022, 04:10 AM

Soft sleeve/hard case stars,SP's. Rest go in 300-500 ct. boxes.

espnfanco · 02-22-2022, 06:23 AM

The whole set goes in pages and right into a binder.

#allcardsmatter

OneBuck · 02-22-2022, 07:16 AM

I've went back and forth on the best way to do this myself.

On small enough sets I liked using the vault-x binders since they were cost effective & you can use penny sleeves on the cards. The few issues I had with them was that I couldn't find a nice way to label the binders, I would have to use multiple binders for larger sets or master sets I was building & the binders don't stand up on their own so you have to lay them all down or prop them up with something. I tried using a label maker to ID them, but they never stuck well & just looks bad. I have about 6-8 sets in those binders at the moment & I'll probably leave those there, but doubt I do any more in the future.

I've tried using binders for all of my sets, but it got to be too much. I collect a lot of random sets from vintage to present & it just didn't make sense nor was it cost effective to keep them all in binders.

Currently most of my one-off sets are all penny-sleeved and in boxes. I didn't use to sleeve everything, but looking at some of the sets I collected 25 years ago as a kid some of the corners didn't fare too well over the years & I hated that I put the work into building a set to find it with any kind of damage down the line. So now every card gets at a minimum sleeved. Rookies & stars may get a top loader and team bag. Most are stored in 2 or 3 row boxes & I just include the duplicates and inserts along with the sets to make best use of the space.

Sets I collect year after year are going in Bindertek binders with slipcases & ultra-pro platinum pages.

whitmm · 02-22-2022, 10:24 AM

Every card is sleeved, put in numerical order, then put in the single row box. Followed by inserts, if I decide to chase those. My thought is that it's a set, I'm not planning on pulling the rookies from it. Extra copies can go into a top loader and into the sell/trade pile.

salas1991 · 02-22-2022, 04:26 PM

Bundled in rubber bands and tossed in shoeboxes

02-20-2022, 09:44 PM	#1
Turnitin2004 Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 446	How do you store hand made sets? Specifically for this one thinking about 2021 Topps Update. Such a high percentage of the cards are rookie cards. Do you store all the RC in penny sleeves and top loaders separately? Do you store only the biggest rookies separate and maybe store the semi important rookies in penny sleeves in the box with the rest? I usually just store everything together, but there are so may rookie cards in this set I figured id get other people opinions.

02-20-2022, 11:19 PM	#4
somethingclever Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: NEPA Posts: 402	I normally penny sleeve the entire set, key RCs are usually top loaded in my RC box but not always with newer sets. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ -Sam LTB:Topps Adam Frazier

02-21-2022, 03:16 AM	#6
Skipscards Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: In Tribute To The Great Ryno Posts: 30,338 jlankf2 jmp4	I just tack them right up against the wall. __________________ Go Royals!! #RoyalsIn2015 <---It Happened!! #TEAMZinck Sometimes it is astounding that we are able to persist in a world so full of morons.

02-21-2022, 05:39 AM	#7
bblair_2002 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Fort Plain,NY Posts: 2,996 hitman73	My 1972 and 1973 Topps sets are in sheets and a binder. My 2011-2014 Topps colored parallel sets and 2015-2021 refractor sets are all sleeved and kept in either 2 or 3 row shoeboxes. The bigger cards are also in toploaders. Base sets I just keep in a 550 ct. box. __________________ 20 year collector of Albert Pujols and I build parallel sets. RIP Topps Chrome Baseball Pink Refractors and Stadium Club Chrome. Last edited by bblair_2002; 02-21-2022 at 05:43 AM.

02-21-2022, 06:53 AM	#8
Bruin7 Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,930	I use the VaultX side loading binders. Love that they’re designed to use a sleeve with the card. Beautiful way to keep hand collated sets. __________________ UCLA CLASS OF 2002

02-20-2022, 11:59 PM	#5
towerymt Member Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: VA Posts: 9,031	I sleeved the entire 2018 Topps Chrome Update sets. I only sleeve the significant RCs in the paper sets.

02-21-2022, 07:13 AM	#9
fulltritty Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: King George, VA Posts: 79,814	Top RCs go in penny sleeve. The entire set goes in a binder if numerical order. All of my sets are in binders. It doesn't matter if I bought them whole or put them together myself by opening boxes.

02-21-2022, 02:31 PM	#10
Turnitin2004 Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 446	Wow, I had no idea so many people used binders for their sets still. The main reason I ask is because I store my handmade sets in boxes, and its kind of odd to have a couple cards in penny sleeves within the set, and obviously you cant put the top loaded cards in the box with the others, so I was curious how others handled that part.

02-21-2022, 02:41 PM	#11
RustyDawg37 Member Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 1,052 rusty371	Love using binders. Makes it easier to look at them when i want to remember why I am spending all this money on cardboard. Edit: the most valuable card I own is part of a set I am building and is in a binder. __________________ Football Set Needs Below: Turkey Red, Magic, Mayo, Gridiron Kings, Refractors, Topps Gold https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i7C-OoiAGOh9ZYdJsyC4uq7OfRuZNlOD3kf5d1MDqJg/edit?usp=sharing IG: rustyshobbies Last edited by RustyDawg37; 02-21-2022 at 02:43 PM.

02-21-2022, 06:11 PM	#13
DynaEtch Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 9,869	I agree, if it's just like 3 toploaded cards or so, they fit ok on top of the common cards in an 800ct box. __________________ ~~~ '90s trading cards === Golden Era ~~~

02-22-2022, 04:10 AM	#14
MOONBASE1 Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: East Coast Posts: 1,125	Soft sleeve/hard case stars,SP's. Rest go in 300-500 ct. boxes.

02-22-2022, 06:23 AM	#15
espnfanco Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 430	The whole set goes in pages and right into a binder. #allcardsmatter

02-22-2022, 07:16 AM	#16
OneBuck Member Join Date: Jun 2019 Posts: 896	I've went back and forth on the best way to do this myself. On small enough sets I liked using the vault-x binders since they were cost effective & you can use penny sleeves on the cards. The few issues I had with them was that I couldn't find a nice way to label the binders, I would have to use multiple binders for larger sets or master sets I was building & the binders don't stand up on their own so you have to lay them all down or prop them up with something. I tried using a label maker to ID them, but they never stuck well & just looks bad. I have about 6-8 sets in those binders at the moment & I'll probably leave those there, but doubt I do any more in the future. I've tried using binders for all of my sets, but it got to be too much. I collect a lot of random sets from vintage to present & it just didn't make sense nor was it cost effective to keep them all in binders. Currently most of my one-off sets are all penny-sleeved and in boxes. I didn't use to sleeve everything, but looking at some of the sets I collected 25 years ago as a kid some of the corners didn't fare too well over the years & I hated that I put the work into building a set to find it with any kind of damage down the line. So now every card gets at a minimum sleeved. Rookies & stars may get a top loader and team bag. Most are stored in 2 or 3 row boxes & I just include the duplicates and inserts along with the sets to make best use of the space. Sets I collect year after year are going in Bindertek binders with slipcases & ultra-pro platinum pages.

02-22-2022, 10:24 AM	#17
whitmm Banned Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Wisc Posts: 11,373	Every card is sleeved, put in numerical order, then put in the single row box. Followed by inserts, if I decide to chase those. My thought is that it's a set, I'm not planning on pulling the rookies from it. Extra copies can go into a top loader and into the sell/trade pile.

02-22-2022, 04:26 PM	#18
salas1991 Member Join Date: Jul 2020 Location: Earth Posts: 1,321	Bundled in rubber bands and tossed in shoeboxes