How to store sealed cards (?)

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Hi!

I’m new to the community and I have just started collecting this year. I had some cards when I was little but I made holes on them so that I could store them in a binder hahaha They were first editions from the sets from 96 but well… life lol

Now I’m really concerned with keeping the cards in mint condition and I had a question about sealed cards. I have a couple of them and I want to keep them sealed for the future, but how should I store them?

I’m worried that I might damage them if I put them in toploaders, specially those that come two cards in one sealed pack. I don’t want to hurt the back of the first card and the front of the second one… However, I don’t want them to bend either so I don’t know what’s the best way to store them.

Anyone more experienced than me with sealed cards?

I would really appreciate your help :blush:

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I put mine in Ultra Pro Tarot card sleeves, they are slightly rigid, but don’t offer the protection of a toploader. They won’t fit into toploaders unless you fold the plastic flaps, and its way too tight of a fit.

Heres a picture of a few of my sealed cards in the tarot sleeves

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Thank you very much, acebren :blush: That’s a really good idea!

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I use ultra pro sideloaders : www.ebay.com/itm/290734611086

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I didn’t know those either, tony. Thanks :blush: Do you think that they are as tight as the regular toploaders, maybe more or less tight?

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There are also toploaders made to handle thicker cards. Check out these listings and each one shows measurements for thicknesses that they can handle.

www.ultrapro.com/product_list.php?cPath=87_88

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I used to store mine in Card Savers and then in a resealable Ultra Pro “Team Bag.” Works pretty well. :blush:

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Great! Thanks for all your ideas and help :blush:

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Bingo… To properly protect cello wrapped cards from transfer indentations and other related damage, use thick top loaders normally used for swatch/patch sports cards. Then place tp in a sleeve and seal it.

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