How do you organize your collections?

[Avs4ever]

I'm having a hard time and need advice. I'm re-organizing all of my collections and am stuck with how i want to organize them. I like doing them by teams because then it is alot easier to find the players im looking for. BTW, I keep all my cards in 18 card pages (Front and Back). But then I was thinking that it would look alot cooler if I put the sets together. But when i started doing that I realized that I have some cards that belong to a set that I have no other cards to go with and dont know where to put them. So I htink I might go back to doing them by teams so i can find the players easier and then put all of my special player collections in a seperate book and also all my rookies/game-used/auto cards in seperate books also. But you think I should really seperate them that much or should I keep all my rookies together with the teams?

The only thing that I know for sure is that I am going to have one seperate book for all of my player collections (such as my fav players like Drury and Helton and such...) Then keep a seperate book for all of my HOME teams (Rockies, Avs, Broncos, Nuggets) just so I can find my fav teams faster... but what do you guys suggest that I do with the rest of them? Please don't suggest that I keep them in boxes or whatever because I dont like that. I want all my cards in pages someday that way i can see all of my cards ;)

Thanks, I appreciate you reading this long post and helping me out :D

[Avs4ever]

Can anyone help me out???

[lasherclan]

I agree that it is nice to have your cards in sheets so that you can see them, but be careful. I noticed when I used to store my Garnett collection in sheets & binders, that some of the cards near the D-Rings were bending/warping because of the weight of the other sheets/cards. Ultimately, I decided to store mine in top loaders and 2500 count boxes.

Good luck collecting!

Perry

[vikingsilver]

I don't really have an answer for you, but I'll tell you how mine ore "organized". All commons are put in monster boxes where I forget about them for a year or so, eventually find them and pull out cards for ttm. All star cards are in a seperate monster box seperated by player. Yankees and Vikings have their own boxes. Inserts have a box, rookies have two boxes, and GU/Autos have a box. I pu my ttm autos in pages and I like the way that works, but it would take hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars to put everything else I have into pages. Not to mention the 40 days and nights I'd be woking my fingers to the nubs.

[minew_m]

Heres how mine is organized:

-I have all my stuff for trade in shoeboxes with penny sleeves around the cards.

-My personal collection goes in custom binders that I order for MJ Roop Archivers.

-I usually dump all my commons or donate them.

-Game used/Autos are in screwdowns.

[giants1249er]

Autographed cards and index cards are put in 9-pocket sheets in binders. Game-used cards and more valuable cards are in soft sleeves in top-loaders. The rest of the cards are in soft sleeves in 32-quart plastic containers (they are separated by years and put alphabetically).

[SilenceDoGood]

The majority of my collection is in binders, separated by each player, with no real order after the 3rd binder. I have two binders for my favorite player, and a third that I just started doing for Bullets/Wizards cards.

My more expensive cards are in a box in top holders. My even more expensive cards (Nolan Ryan RC, various Mantles) are in various sized screwdowns, stored in a safe inside of my safe. My Mickey Mantle autographed ball's in there too.

[ICED CARDS]

I put my cards by player in alpha. order

[Exposfan]

As I am collecting sets, my cards are in 3200 count boxes by set, in order of year, and although not necessary, I keep stuff sorted by manufacturer.

Inserts, GU and AU go at the back of each set they come from.

I have a small assortment of Expos and Jays that are not from sets I am otherwise collecting, so they just get put wherever in a bunch.

Higher end sets go in penny sleeves. The most valuable cards also go into a top loader. The most common stuff (e.g. Topps Total) just stays in the box without any other protection, but I wash my hands before handling the cards, if that helps.

Joel

[SingleDaddyof2]

I'm also organizing my cards, too. Since I only try to complete 2-4 sets per year, I try to put all of one year's cards into one 3200-count box and label the box (using Avery mailing labels & my printer or even using extra videocassette labels). Ideally, I'd like to move ALL of my cards into binders, whenever the budget permits.

My base cards are then sorted by year/set/team/position. Insert cards go into binders, usually in numeric order. Any GU's or autos go into toploaders and eventually screwdowns.