How Do You Protect Baseball Cards And Baseball Memorabilia?
• Keep your rare baseball cards in hard plastic sleeves and away from direct sunlight. Use non-PVC supplies to protect from long-term surface damage. • Store the rest of your cards in plastic sleeves in a sturdy binder. Always store your binders flat. Upright storage might look better on a bookshelf but standard-thickness cards will warp in an arc over time. • Keep memorabilia away from food and water. Both sunlight and artificial light will cause colors to fade. Autographs are especially susceptible to deterioration from light. • Never keep cards together with a rubber band. • Don’t keep cards in places that can get them dusty. • Pay attention to the temperature! Humidity can make cards stick together, resulting in rips when pulled apart. Heat can also warp cards and cause sleeved cards to grow mold. Keep cards at room temperature. • Open bubble gum packs! Even though it is great to have unopened packs, over time bubble gum stains the cards. Exception: packs from the 70s and earlier m
