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A discussion thread, or question thread here, and I will post updates to keep track where I get to. Curious to hear about other peoples collections and organizational schemes for them!!!
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So, I have been through my Celtics, Patriots and Bruins collections. Although, I have a bunch to collate in there, they are mostly in order. I put them in order by players last name, and I am pulling out all my dupes.
Now, onto the Red Sox. This is going to take me FOREVER!!!
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Questions :
1) How in the world do people keep their collections organized?
SCHWOOD - I have well over 30K Boston Red Sox cards. I have them in boxes, and am digging through there now to collate and alphabetize them.
2) What is your biggest collection and how long did it take you to organize them?
SCHWOOD - Mine is my Red Sox collection. Like I said well over 30K cards. That is just base and inserts. My GU and Autos are all separated and unorganized. I have been working on organizing these since the Fall of 2011.
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RED SOX STATUS :
- I started this project in the Fall of 2011.
- I have all my 'Team' cards (team pictures, or multiplayer cards), vintage (1986 and back), stickers, and oddball cards pulled out.
- I have organized and collated all the players with the last name beginning with the letter A.
02/28/12 - Update
- I am pulling out the players with last name beginning with B, C, and D.
03/06/12 - Update
- Have all the B, C and D players pulled out. I am half way through pulling out the dupes from the B players. Will get the C and D players done, and then going to take a break and collate my Pats, Celts and Bruins. Will keep updating!
03/22/12 - Update
- Have the letter B done. Have all of C done and collated except for Clemens. Have quite a few of his cards, so, this takes a while to pull out all the dupes. Started to get the letter D organized too. Just separating them to start organizing them. Again, going to take a break to collate my other teams for a little while, and maybe get those under wraps. Then will be back at it!
03/27/12 - Update
- Through the letter D. This took a while. Man! Going to break from this and try and get my other sports collated. Bruins are up first as there is not a ton to do! Then probably onto the Celtics. Much more there to do. Not sure, but that might take a while. It will be a welcome break from it though!
04/24/12 - Update
- I am working slowly on my next wave of pass through my Sox cards. I am pulling out E-I and I have all my A-D collated sans a small stack I just got in. In the mean time, I have finished up my Bruins and Celtics, sans the latest GU/Autos I have gotten in. I am in the midst of my Patriots collation at the same time. Lots to do. No time to do it!
06/25/12 - Update
- I have finished up my E-I collation. I have also kept up to date with the new cards I have been getting in with all of my other Boston sports teams. I am in my 5th box (almost full). I put my cards in penny sleeves and store them in the 1600 ct shoebox with a little amount of extra space. I am assuming that these hold about 800 cards or so in each box so I am creeping up on about 4000 different cards I would bet in my PC thus far. This includes, vintage, teams and multiplayer cards, and the letters A-I so far. I am currently pulling out the letters J, K, L and M. So, will be half way through the alphabet at that point. But, probably not halfway through the PC. I know I have lots of Ortiz, Pedroia, Ramirez and Vaughn in there. Probably four of my largest player collections so far. The biggest thus far was Nomar.
07/30/12 - Update
- I have pulled out all of the cards with J through M as the last name. So, when these are collated and organized, I will be half way through the alphabet. I have to go back though and collate my other sports again. I have stacks and stacks of cards again to check and add. So, this is going to take a while. Kind of slow while the kitchen project was going on! But, moving along.
08/13/12 - Update
- I have organized everything up through the letter L. All collated, and dupes pulled out. Starting to organize my letter M cards now. Lots to do, but this will put me about half way through my alphabet!
10/17/12 - Update
- I finished up my organization through the letters M, N and O. Ortiz was a big one. The biggest so far I think. I had close to 1500 cards of his alone. Lots of dupes, but that is okay. It is over now! Whew!
- I have pulled out my cards through Q so far. I am currently working on the letter P. I just have to finish going through my Pedroia cards, and then P will be done. Then Q will be pretty quick. Probably only about 50 different cards in there max.
- I started pulling out R, S and T. Right now I have about 10 thousand cards left to organize. All R through Z. Last name. Hope to have this done in the next few months, and then I can just keep up with the new stuff I get in. It will be nice to have it all said and done.
- Note : I donated about 2000 cards to a friend that teaches elementary kids, and she gives them away as prizes. So, that is a GREAT thing. Love doing that. And they get all Red Sox so far. Have a lot more I can donate.
- This has been a long haul so far, but it has been worth it. I do take time out to actually collate my other sports of Boston teams as I get bored with doing just Sox. Keep plugging along!
10/29/12
- Almost done pulling out R through T. Didn't take so long as there is not that much left in comparison.
- Have collated my Pats, Celts and Bruins GU and Autos in the process. Still have to collate the Celtics and Patriots base/inserts though. Got a bunch in lately. But, much much closer to just collating as I go. I can not wait to get my Sox all said and done. I am thinking if I do just those, that I may get em done by years end. And then just bring in any new cards to my collection.
- Still have a mess of my dupes to get organized for the Celts and Patriots, but that won't take near as long as all I do there is put them in order by last name. Whew! Can't wait. I may have this done sometime next year, and then just keeping up will be enough to keep me busy. Pretty cool. Looking forward to it. This has been a blast honestly. A lot of work, but a blast none the less!
01/11/13
- The organization is DONE!!! Finally!!! It has been a while. Now, I am weeding out a lot of my dupes. I am keeping a few boxes to trade with maybe, but a lot of these are being donated to my friends who teach to hand out to their students. Really loving having this done.
- Now, just have to finish up getting my latest GU/Autos rolled into my collection, and then I can just keep up with the new stuff I get in. Very very good to have this done! But still stuff is always coming in to keep myself busy! And the new products as well!
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So, I have been through my Celtics, Patriots and Bruins collections. Although, I have a bunch to collate in there, they are mostly in order. I put them in order by players last name, and I am pulling out all my dupes.
Now, onto the Red Sox. This is going to take me FOREVER!!!
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Questions :
1) How in the world do people keep their collections organized?
SCHWOOD - I have well over 30K Boston Red Sox cards. I have them in boxes, and am digging through there now to collate and alphabetize them.
2) What is your biggest collection and how long did it take you to organize them?
SCHWOOD - Mine is my Red Sox collection. Like I said well over 30K cards. That is just base and inserts. My GU and Autos are all separated and unorganized. I have been working on organizing these since the Fall of 2011.
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RED SOX STATUS :
- I started this project in the Fall of 2011.
- I have all my 'Team' cards (team pictures, or multiplayer cards), vintage (1986 and back), stickers, and oddball cards pulled out.
- I have organized and collated all the players with the last name beginning with the letter A.
02/28/12 - Update
- I am pulling out the players with last name beginning with B, C, and D.
03/06/12 - Update
- Have all the B, C and D players pulled out. I am half way through pulling out the dupes from the B players. Will get the C and D players done, and then going to take a break and collate my Pats, Celts and Bruins. Will keep updating!
03/22/12 - Update
- Have the letter B done. Have all of C done and collated except for Clemens. Have quite a few of his cards, so, this takes a while to pull out all the dupes. Started to get the letter D organized too. Just separating them to start organizing them. Again, going to take a break to collate my other teams for a little while, and maybe get those under wraps. Then will be back at it!
03/27/12 - Update
- Through the letter D. This took a while. Man! Going to break from this and try and get my other sports collated. Bruins are up first as there is not a ton to do! Then probably onto the Celtics. Much more there to do. Not sure, but that might take a while. It will be a welcome break from it though!
04/24/12 - Update
- I am working slowly on my next wave of pass through my Sox cards. I am pulling out E-I and I have all my A-D collated sans a small stack I just got in. In the mean time, I have finished up my Bruins and Celtics, sans the latest GU/Autos I have gotten in. I am in the midst of my Patriots collation at the same time. Lots to do. No time to do it!
06/25/12 - Update
- I have finished up my E-I collation. I have also kept up to date with the new cards I have been getting in with all of my other Boston sports teams. I am in my 5th box (almost full). I put my cards in penny sleeves and store them in the 1600 ct shoebox with a little amount of extra space. I am assuming that these hold about 800 cards or so in each box so I am creeping up on about 4000 different cards I would bet in my PC thus far. This includes, vintage, teams and multiplayer cards, and the letters A-I so far. I am currently pulling out the letters J, K, L and M. So, will be half way through the alphabet at that point. But, probably not halfway through the PC. I know I have lots of Ortiz, Pedroia, Ramirez and Vaughn in there. Probably four of my largest player collections so far. The biggest thus far was Nomar.
07/30/12 - Update
- I have pulled out all of the cards with J through M as the last name. So, when these are collated and organized, I will be half way through the alphabet. I have to go back though and collate my other sports again. I have stacks and stacks of cards again to check and add. So, this is going to take a while. Kind of slow while the kitchen project was going on! But, moving along.
08/13/12 - Update
- I have organized everything up through the letter L. All collated, and dupes pulled out. Starting to organize my letter M cards now. Lots to do, but this will put me about half way through my alphabet!
10/17/12 - Update
- I finished up my organization through the letters M, N and O. Ortiz was a big one. The biggest so far I think. I had close to 1500 cards of his alone. Lots of dupes, but that is okay. It is over now! Whew!
- I have pulled out my cards through Q so far. I am currently working on the letter P. I just have to finish going through my Pedroia cards, and then P will be done. Then Q will be pretty quick. Probably only about 50 different cards in there max.
- I started pulling out R, S and T. Right now I have about 10 thousand cards left to organize. All R through Z. Last name. Hope to have this done in the next few months, and then I can just keep up with the new stuff I get in. It will be nice to have it all said and done.
- Note : I donated about 2000 cards to a friend that teaches elementary kids, and she gives them away as prizes. So, that is a GREAT thing. Love doing that. And they get all Red Sox so far. Have a lot more I can donate.
- This has been a long haul so far, but it has been worth it. I do take time out to actually collate my other sports of Boston teams as I get bored with doing just Sox. Keep plugging along!
10/29/12
- Almost done pulling out R through T. Didn't take so long as there is not that much left in comparison.
- Have collated my Pats, Celts and Bruins GU and Autos in the process. Still have to collate the Celtics and Patriots base/inserts though. Got a bunch in lately. But, much much closer to just collating as I go. I can not wait to get my Sox all said and done. I am thinking if I do just those, that I may get em done by years end. And then just bring in any new cards to my collection.
- Still have a mess of my dupes to get organized for the Celts and Patriots, but that won't take near as long as all I do there is put them in order by last name. Whew! Can't wait. I may have this done sometime next year, and then just keeping up will be enough to keep me busy. Pretty cool. Looking forward to it. This has been a blast honestly. A lot of work, but a blast none the less!
01/11/13
- The organization is DONE!!! Finally!!! It has been a while. Now, I am weeding out a lot of my dupes. I am keeping a few boxes to trade with maybe, but a lot of these are being donated to my friends who teach to hand out to their students. Really loving having this done.
- Now, just have to finish up getting my latest GU/Autos rolled into my collection, and then I can just keep up with the new stuff I get in. Very very good to have this done! But still stuff is always coming in to keep myself busy! And the new products as well!
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