Team Collection Organizing

[Bluestar89]

I'm new to football card collecting but already have about 2000 Dallas Cowboys cards and was wondering how everyone organizes a team collection. I just don't know where to start.

[Welker83]

Well 1st welcome to the world of football card collecting.
I collect Dolphins and PSU grads.
Anyhow i put my base and anything booking under 10 in 9 pocket pages and binders. That way i can look at them and add to them anytime i want. I also put any jersey/ auto/ Gu'ed/ Eu'ed/ BV over 10 in top loaders. This keeps the better cards easy to look at and store.
Some of my most favorite cards are displayed on my desk w/ my various other items.

So do what you want that makes you happy. Only you can collect how you want to.

[jradford]

I am a little crazy, and all my low end cards are in soft sleeves and top loaders. Anything #ed/25 or less or BV over $50 are in screw downs. These cards are in 1600 count boxes by year. Basically one box per year up though 2005. 2006 and newer require a few boxes per year.

I also wrote a database where I have each card scanned in, front and back, so I can see what I have by doing a database search of different criteria.

[WVcoltsfan]

Everything goes into a soft sleeve / top loader or larger case (if neccessary). Then they go in a 1600 count box. I put them in order by year and then set (in alpahabetical order). Im pretty particular about mine. haha

[mxa254]

Everything goes into a soft sleeve / top loader or larger case (if neccessary). Then they go in a 1600 count box. I put them in order by year and then set (in alpahabetical order). Im pretty particular about mine. haha

Haha, me too...sorted by year and THEN alphabetically. Anything BV of $8 or more gets the penny sleeve/top loader treatment, and anything less either goes in an album or just a penny sleeve. Screw downs for the high end...

[Bluestar89]

Everything goes into a soft sleeve / top loader or larger case (if neccessary). Then they go in a 1600 count box. I put them in order by year and then set (in alpahabetical order). Im pretty particular about mine. haha

I think im going to do it this way, year then by set but instead have it all in binders.

[WVcoltsfan]

I think im going to do it this way, year then by set but instead have it all in binders.

its kinda particular but it makes everything super easy to find if you are going to look for a certain card at any point. I also use excel to keep a spread sheet of my havelist. shoot me a pm if you are interested in doing the same and i can send you an outline and show how i did mine. its pretty easy and really handy!

Good luck either way!