+RhinoInAToga Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 So I have all these baseball cards.. I'm talking a LOT of baseball cards, that I would like to put in some caches as swag items. They're in mint condition, and I'd like them to stay that way until someone trades for them at the cache. I don't want to give away the individual card holders, but I don't want them to get wet, soggy, bent, or moldy. I could put them in a binder, and leave them in one cache only, but most people plan on trading for items that are only a dollar or two, and just bring enough to trade for that. Plus, that kind of takes away some of the fun. How can I preserve the cards within each cache without giving away individual card holders? Quote Link to comment
+taggdog Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 I collect baseball cards as well and have often left them in caches. I usually but two cards in a soft plastic card sleeve and put them in the cache. I have found the soft plastic sleeves for sale for about 2-3 bucks for a pack of 100. The cards I leave in caches are of players that don't have a lot of value so I don't worry too much about them staying in mint condition, I just don't want them to get wet or soggy. If you didn't want to do the soft sleeve thing you could always put a stack of them in a small ziplock bag and put them in the cache. They might not stay in perfect condition with them loose in a bag but non collectors aren't going to care. My nephews would be way excited if they found some cards in a cache, even if the corners were a little dinged up. Quote Link to comment
+Keelmann And Cici Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Agreed. I have a comics cache, with the comics in bags, but I know anything put into a cache may take a beating, it's the nature of the game. So unless you want to go waterproof hardside card case, which would get pricey I suspect, sleeves or bags are the best bet. Quote Link to comment
+narcissa Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Lock n' Locks come in many sizes. Try hiding a larger one as the main cache, and put a smaller one inside with the baseball cards in it. Quote Link to comment
+RhinoInAToga Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 Good ideas. I like the suggestion of the soft sleeve card holders, now that I know you can find a good deal. I didn't want to give away hard cases. Not that I remember how much they are, they're just mine & useful. I also have a big cache going out that I need to fill, so I'll be putting a lot of them in a lock & lock & putting them in there as well. Then, when the baseball cards are all taken, the lock & lock will be swag as well. Sounds good. As long as they don't turn into unrecognizable soggy balls of mold! Thank you. Quote Link to comment
+Chokecherry Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 I have about 5000 magic cards that I would like to use as swag as well so this thread gave me some ideas. I was going to cut the little pictures out of them and make them into magnets so now I have some options. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Why not buy heavy duty ziplocs that are the size of the cards. You can find them online. Quote Link to comment
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