How do you sort your PSA collection?

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My PSA collection is growing and I’m debating on how to sort my cards. How do you all sort your collection? :blush: By year? Alphabetical? Do you mix English and Japanese, or keep them separate? Would love to hear some ideas!

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I keep mine sorted by set with the PSA brown boxes

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By set in BCW boxes.

For non-set cards I don’t really keep them sorted in any particular way as I don’t have enough of them for it to matter much. I supposed as my collection grows I’ll likely sort by release year for promos.

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By set in BCW boxes.
Different languages in different boxes.
Promos separated the same way.

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Usually a radix sort. Especially for large numbered sets.

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I just sort them out into sets, numerical order,

On my Groudon collection I sort them by date of release and keep the two artworks if ones in JP and another in EN together!

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I sort most of them by Pokemon. Certain Pokemon as a pile or cards or in a box. Then those cards are in order of release date and for card variants they go by which card was released first so usually the Japanese variant comes first. :blush:

Then I have a separate pile of cards of various species and that is purely in order of release dates. And some cards I have on display but they are also sorted by release date mostly.

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I sort by year, set and then number.

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Mine is a little all over the place ATM.

But I try to sort by rarity or theme.

Rare obscure promos together

Pikachu cards together

Gengar cards together

Then wotc sets as wotc sets

That’s it for me.

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I sort mine by submission, since I’m not aiming to collect full sets. Each submission is in its own cardboard box that i make out of leftover 1/4in. Thick cardboard in the mailroom at my work haha. Less money spent on boxes = more money spent on cards!

And also, a couple posts mentioned bcw boxes, what are those?

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Thanks for your responses everyone! :blush: I love how everyone takes a different approach when sorting their collection. It just serves as a reminder that every collection is a unique gem, even down to the way it’s categorized.

These are all great suggestions. I think I’ll separate the Japanese from the English cards (thanks @garyis2000 ), separate the sets from the promos (and in release date order) (thanks @teraz , @woolsluk , @zacheggers ), and maybe even give my Ho-oh and Zapdos collections their own little nook (thanks @cljdavis ,@xzini ,@kkthxbai ).

@mikejofthecoast - you can purchase bwc boxes on ebay. I like them quite a bit. - www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=bcw+boxes&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=bwc+boxes

@pkmnflyingmaster I love the idea of radix sort - something I’ll consider if my collection ever gets big enough. :blush:

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How many PSA-graded cards can you fit in one BCW box?

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They come in different sizes.

This one holds 30 cards: www.ebay.com/itm/3-BCW-GRADED-or-SCREWDOWN-TRADING-CARD-CARDBOARD-STORAGE-BOX-HOLDERS/283298632538?hash=item41f5ea135a:g:j~cAAOSwYYpcDcSm:rk:8:pf:0

This one holds 75-80 cards: www.ebay.com/itm/BCW-SUPER-VAULT-CORRUGATED-CARDBOARD-STORAGE-BOX-for-Graded-Cards-PSA-BECKETT/372503473028?epid=1319790528&hash=item56baefeb84:rk:5:pf:0

This one holds 100 cards: www.ebay.com/itm/BCW-GRADED-SHOE-BOX-for-Graded-Cards-PSA-BECKETT/272619901319?hash=item3f79699187:g:kmcAAOSwU8hY5VmF:rk:6:pf:0