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gracecollector
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Well, now that I've moved and set up most of my card room, thought I would take some pictures and share how I keep my collection organized.
General photos of my card room:
Card organization:
I start with 4 shelf metal shelves you can get at Home Depot or Lowes. They're the perfect size to hold 5,000 count row boxes side by side. I get 24 5,000 row boxes per unit, 6 per shelf.
When I open a box of cards, I first separate out the stars and inserts. I penny sleeve them, and put them in 5,000 count boxes by player. I use corrugated plastic board available at Hobby Lobby to cut player dividers (cut 2.5"x4"), and use a label maker for the player names at top. I currently have 32 star boxes like this. I number the box lids, not the boxes themselves, so the lids can be changed if I run out of space in a box and add another. Keeping it alphabetical, I can find any player in a matter of seconds.
For commons, I sort by team. This system works great for me: I take 6 5,000 count boxes and stair step them a little on one shelf at chair level. The 6 boxes have a total of 30 rows, which is the exact number of MLB teams. So I can sit in my desk chair and easily drop each team's cards into its designated row. When a row gets full, I transfer the cards for that team into a 660 count box and keep those team boxes on their own shelves.
My player collections are kept in 3-row shoeboxes. The shelves also nicely hold 3-row boxes three per row. Boxes are labeled, and all PC cards are in toploaders or one-touch holders.
Thanks for looking, hope maybe you found a few tips you can use. Obviously I'm not a set collector or the whole system would be different!
General photos of my card room:
Card organization:
I start with 4 shelf metal shelves you can get at Home Depot or Lowes. They're the perfect size to hold 5,000 count row boxes side by side. I get 24 5,000 row boxes per unit, 6 per shelf.
When I open a box of cards, I first separate out the stars and inserts. I penny sleeve them, and put them in 5,000 count boxes by player. I use corrugated plastic board available at Hobby Lobby to cut player dividers (cut 2.5"x4"), and use a label maker for the player names at top. I currently have 32 star boxes like this. I number the box lids, not the boxes themselves, so the lids can be changed if I run out of space in a box and add another. Keeping it alphabetical, I can find any player in a matter of seconds.
For commons, I sort by team. This system works great for me: I take 6 5,000 count boxes and stair step them a little on one shelf at chair level. The 6 boxes have a total of 30 rows, which is the exact number of MLB teams. So I can sit in my desk chair and easily drop each team's cards into its designated row. When a row gets full, I transfer the cards for that team into a 660 count box and keep those team boxes on their own shelves.
My player collections are kept in 3-row shoeboxes. The shelves also nicely hold 3-row boxes three per row. Boxes are labeled, and all PC cards are in toploaders or one-touch holders.
Thanks for looking, hope maybe you found a few tips you can use. Obviously I'm not a set collector or the whole system would be different!