Card Collector Universe

I’ve written about some baseball card storage tips before, and just touched on how not to store your baseball cards. But let’s take a bit deeper look at how you should NOT be storing your cards.

1) Do NOT store your cards in a place that gets either a) damp or b) hot. Both the moisture and the heat will certainly warp and damage your cards. Don’t do it!

2) Do NOT store your cards with a rubber band around them. Want to know why the 1952 Topps #1 card of Andy Pafko in excellent condition or better is so valuable? Simple. Kids put their cards in number order with a rubber band around them. The rubber band damaged the top and bottom cards to a great extent more than the other cards. So there aren’t that many Andy Pafko cards out there, from 1952, in mint condition.

3) Do NOT store your cards in a place where young children have access to them. The dangers here should be obvious enough. (Wouldn’t it be fun to come home and see your prize collection of vintage cards glued to your living room wall, or worse, torn in pieces?!)

4) Do NOT store your cards in your car. I’m sure there are some people who have their best cards sitting in the trunk of their car. Stolen car = stolen cards.

5) Do NOT store your cards in a shoebox or any other random box you have sitting around.  There are much better, and safer, ways to store your collection.

Those are just five more tips on how NOT to store your baseball cards. Have any tips for your fellow readers or myself on either how NOT to store your cards, or how TO store your cards? Please leave a comment. Thanks!