• What to do with Vintage Lot

    Posted by cooblacards on July 8, 2026 at 1:56 pm

    In recently got back into the hobby, spurred by my grandfather giving me a lot of probably 300 (1950s-1960s) mostly baseball with some football cards. He gave me every cub player he had in his collection from his time as a child. I picked a few out that I want to send for grading with SGC because I love vintage in their slabs, none of the cards will grade too high given they are his cards he played with when he was a child, but a few of the more unknown players, that he probably didn’t pull out as much, could probably grab a 7. What should I do with the rest? I want to make sure they stay safe and I take good care of them.

    tallica1981 replied 1 month, 1 week ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  • wickedcustomzcards

    Member
    July 8, 2026 at 11:13 pm

    This might sound crazy but if your planning to keep them as pc i would almost slab them all.. Like you said most wont grade well but heck all in slabs and looking nice. I know that would cost a bit but sometimes the price dont matter if its reasonable.

    • cooblacards

      Member
      July 9, 2026 at 5:55 am

      I’ve considered this. Just slowly getting them all slabbed.

  • quackcab69

    Member
    July 8, 2026 at 11:54 pm

    Could put them in mag cases also and display them if you dont want to slab all of them. The few you picked out couldnt hurt though to be slabbed

  • tallica1981

    Member
    July 22, 2026 at 2:13 pm

    I would suggest looking into some of the Top Loader Binders out there. They often hold 252+ top-loaded cards, zip closed for additional security and are very nice to flip through and show guests. They are usually nice enough that you could treat them like a coffee table book and leave them out as a cool conversation piece and a nice way to keep your grandfather’s passion and memories alive for many years to come

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