Anyone remember/ still use these?

[BBCgalaxee]

A box straight from the late 80s early 90s!

Card saver 2 semi rigid holders.

I use these for my $1 cards and game used cards in my store.

Anyone else here use them?

 

[Brewer Andy]

I get those in the mail constantly but don't use them myself

 

[linuxabuser]

The vintage guys use these. That's all you'll really see at Net54/CU.

 

[predatorkj]

They're good for oversized cards.

 

[DaClyde]

I use them all the time for shipping, especially if it's a single card or sticker in a PWE. Card savers are flexible and not going to tear thru an envelope like a top loader, but tough enough to prevent all but the worst creases (which would likely demolish a top loader anyway).

 

[BBCgalaxee]

Meant to post the box from long ago

 

[OscarOne]

I am going to bump this. I am working on collecting all the Indians team sets from 52-present. For the newer sets, would you just throw them in these? I guess I could use toploader=penny sleeve system, but that is going to get a little pricey. This is a lot of cards to store. Thoughts?

 

[Austin]

I used to love those. But they have an obvious oily residue inside that softens the plastic (you can see a rainbow oil slick in the light) similar to the old MVP vinyl 9-pocket pages from the '80s that they discontinued because of the PVC oils.

I know a lot of stubborn vintage collectors still use them, but I'm not taking a chance that the oily substance could damage any expensive cards.
For dollar or bargain box cards, they're fine. Just nothing valuable.

 

[MansGame]

I was never a fan and still don't like them

 

[mmier118]

I use card saver 1's they are a little bigger but they fit great in the double rowed shoe boxes. I like that they are a lot thinner than a top loader so you can store many more cards in the same space, I've never had an issue with oily residue.

 

[mrmopar]

I never liked any semi-rigid holders. Some of them would slice your fingers too because of the thin sharp plastic! Soft sleeves or top loaders for me. I really liked the one screw cases when they first hit, but they were too expensive to hold any decent quantity of cards.

 

[jbmm161]

Thought they where still used for shipping cards to BGS for grading.

I used them as a kid in the 90s for my better cards that I didn't keep in binders.

 

[fordman]

I am going to bump this. I am working on collecting all the Indians team sets from 52-present. For the newer sets, would you just throw them in these? I guess I could use toploader=penny sleeve system, but that is going to get a little pricey. This is a lot of cards to store. Thoughts?

I would go with penny sleeve/top loader. You can get top loaders for as little as $1.25 (UltrPro) for 25 and penny sleeves for, well, a penny! So you can do some of the vintage teams sets for under $2.00. Do them as you get them and spread the cost of top loaders out over the course of collecting!

Are you going to do all brands or just Topps? I can see where the late 80's and all of the 90's teams sets, top loaders/sleeves would be pricey if you were to do a team set for all of them as well.

Fordman

 

[OscarOne]

Oh no, just Topps. I might do a couple other odds and ends that I liked as a kid, like Topps Finest.

thanks for the advice!