BINDER 9 POCKET SLEEVES? ( Batman Begins Binder )

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[wedge1977]

I think 9-pocket sleeves are good for base sets and such, but I like to keep my auto and sketch cards in their soft sleeve with top loader.  I still put them in a binder, mind you - only I use a 4-pocket sleeve to put them in (they're made for a larger sized card but the page overall is exactly the same size).  This way, there is added protection with the top loader and yet you can still flip through the set in book form.  If you ever want a closer look at the card, just slide it on out - it's still of course protected by the top loader.  This is just a personal preference, but one that has worked well for me.  There's just something about placing an expensive autograph card in a 9-pocket sleeve without added protection that scares me (not to mention the sleeves are kind of tight to risk it).  Here is what it ends up looking like:




Best,

       Greg

[padge77]

Morning All

Nice pic of your autocards Greg and a fantastic idea i think I will do the same where did you get the 3 ring binders from as havent been able to find any.
Do you keep your costume cards in these pockets too mate?

Cheers
Paul

[wedge1977]

Morning All

Nice pic of your autocards Greg and a fantastic idea i think I will do the same where did you get the 3 ring binders from as havent been able to find any.
Do you keep your costume cards in these pockets too mate?

Cheers
Paul

First off, thanks for the compliment.

I'm in the USA so I don't know if the binders are easy to find in other countries.  Around here, any sports card shop has great binders.  The binder itself has a wider cover to accomodate for the width of the card page.  Also, the binder has a huge "D" ring so as not to hurt any of the cards near the left side of the page.  Finding a great binder with a "D" ring is important when you go this large.  I would recommend against getting a binder at a Target or Wal-Mart since their binders are not wide enough, and your pages will hang out by quite a bit.

As for my costume cards, only the thinner ones will work in the sleeves.  If you have super thick cards, then it can totally tweak the page and your card could slide around.  For the costume cards that I can put in a [slightly thicker] top loader, they work great.  But keep in mind that the costume cards would really have to be about the same thickness on each page for it to work properly.  If you had too many pages on top of each other with varying thicknesses on each page, I think it could create some damage or stressing to some of the cards, not to mention it would look ugly anyway.  For the really thick costume cards, I keep those in 10-card hard holders that I get from my local sports card shop.

If you are outside the US, I would imagine that you could find decent supplies through an online sports card supply house (as long as they will ship to you of course).  I know I bought my 100-card set holders online from www.baseball-cards.com for a really cheap price (by the case).  Maybe it would be more cost effective if a bunch of people went in on an order together?


Best,

       Greg

[padge77]

Morning Greg, ,

Thanks for all the advice we are fairly new to all this still and know what you mean about the different thicknesses of the costume cards as the Superman Returns ones are really thick and out hp poau are very thin.Also think I will do same as you as we are getting the last 4 autocards to make our Batman Begins Master Set so we dont want them to get damamged.

Cheers

Paul