Sunday, August 31, 2014

Jeepers Keepers

When it comes to Griffeys, I am the Statue of Liberty. “Give me your creased, your damaged, your dinged corners yearning to breathe acid-free archival storage media.” The same is true for a handful of player collections.

On the other hand, I am the freakin’ NSA recruitment board for everything else. The very few who make it past my several levels of security checks and personal evaluations eventually find themselves penny-sleeved and meticulously organized in a 5000-count card storage box.


I call these “Keepers.” I call the box – get this – the “Keeper Box.”

You may remember this box as the one I decorated with a bunch of cards. There has to be something really great about a card for it to make it into that box.

There are a few other levels of keeper-dom I maintain in addition to the big box. For example, I have a box just for cards with great photography:


Another for funny cards:


This one is where I keep any and all cards I can find from the first two sets of Fleer Metal Universe (I hope to build a set someday):


My box of super-nice keepers, those being cards that are too good for a modest penny sleeve:


Then I have this box that holds all my non-baseball cards, including Saints, football, basketball, a bunch of miscellaneous non-sports cards, and a few checklists and promotional/offer cards:


My oldest box, dedicated entirely to pumping out set after set of ’89 Donruss:


And finally, here is where I keep all my complete sets:


Back to the Keeper Box. Being that this is a Griffey blog, these cards never get the attention they probably deserve. For that reason I’m going to start a new feature, the Cavalcade of Keepers. These posts will feature a handful of non-Griffeys that deserve a scan and a snarky review.

So look out for that.

7 comments:

  1. Nice, seem to be pretty organized !

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  2. Man, we are ridiculous people in a ridiculous little world, aren't we?

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  3. Impressed with the organization. Not so much with the hordes of 1989 Donruss!

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  4. Always love seeing glimpses into your collection. Awesome stuff.

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  5. Impressed and jealous of your organization all at the same time. I'm getting there but still have a long way to go.

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