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Ah - now you're talking!

I guess if you're talking stupid money you could also look out for habidasher's or apothecary chests / displays... would need a bigger house though

Barrister Cabinets are the way to go. Nice glass doors show off the collection just perfectly. And if you are overly anal, you could provide environmental controls for long term preservation (assuming you are not going to sell off the decks in the near-future). NOw if I were stupid wealthy, I would line my study with this setup. Would anybody like to donate so that I can realize my dream? I figure that I only need about $2.5 million.

jriffel wrote:Barrister Cabinets are the way to go. Nice glass doors show off the collection just perfectly. And if you are overly anal, you could provide environmental controls for long term preservation (assuming you are not going to sell off the decks in the near-future). NOw if I were stupid wealthy, I would line my study with this setup. Would anybody like to donate so that I can realize my dream? I figure that I only need about $2.5 million.

You could always start a kickstarter campaign

jriffel wrote:Barrister Cabinets are the way to go. Nice glass doors show off the collection just perfectly. And if you are overly anal, you could provide environmental controls for long term preservation (assuming you are not going to sell off the decks in the near-future). NOw if I were stupid wealthy, I would line my study with this setup. Would anybody like to donate so that I can realize my dream? I figure that I only need about $2.5 million.

Careful!

I have a friend with a world-class collection who had a setup much like you describe, and it caused thousands of dollars in damage to many of her favorite decks via light hitting the cards and causing the cards displayed to be noticeably faded when compared to the other cards in the deck.

Library glass has a tint applied to the inside to reduce damaging UV rays from incoming light. That and not letting copious amounts of light in in the first place help reduce long term damage.

montecarlojoe wrote:Ah - now you're talking!

I guess if you're talking stupid money you could also look out for habidasher's or apothecary chests / displays... would need a bigger house though

Yes, something with some history, and I would never want to move house again.

Or, this but with cabinet doors and small drawers scattered throughout the matrix:
It would be like living in a Quay Brothers film.

jriffel wrote:Library glass has a tint applied to the inside to reduce damaging UV rays from incoming light. That and not letting copious amounts of light in in the first place help reduce long term damage.

Yes, that was what I was getting at. I believe you can also purchase sheets of UV-filtering film which can be applied to any glass.

And, part of "not letting copious amounts of light in" is to discourage or disallow flash photography of the displays.

This is a useful topic and all, and i don't mean any offense... but why is this topic under "New & Custom Decks"???

Where else would you suggest? This is the area for topics about playing cards.

th4mo wrote:This is a useful topic and all, and i don't mean any offense... but why is this topic under "New & Custom Decks"???

It still falls under the custom deck umbrella if you ask me. This is a thread about storing your custom decks.

th4mo wrote:This is a useful topic and all, and i don't mean any offense... but why is this topic under "New & Custom Decks"???

Because I was not sure where else to create it.

Suggestions?

RSLancastr wrote:

th4mo wrote:This is a useful topic and all, and i don't mean any offense... but why is this topic under "New & Custom Decks"???

Because I was not sure where else to create it.

Suggestions?

True, i don't see an area that is an exact match for this topic. I'd say "Knowledge Base", perhaps, but that's locked. The other alternative would be "General" which basically is totally random.

Just seems like a discussion of boxes doesn't fall under "Find out about the latest and greatest playing cards hitting the market" (the subtitle for "New & Custom Decks").

But since this topic has been going for over 6 months without any other complaints, i guess i'll shut up now...

th4mo wrote:

RSLancastr wrote:

th4mo wrote:But since this topic has been going for over 6 months without any other complaints, i guess i'll shut up now...

No need to shut up, it was a perfectly legitimate question.

I've only been on UC for less than a year now, but I know that when I first got here and looked around, I was less than impressed with the list of sub-forums.

Part of that was simply a case of "That's not how I would have done it", but I chalked it up to my being a collector, not a cardist/flourisher (not that there's anything wrong with that...). Plus, I knew that subforums sometimes get created via an organic process, and so may not make sense to someone coming later, and who is not privy to the circumstances which led to the creating of the subforums.

^^^ That ^^^

And also the fact that the "New & Custom Decks" subforum is no doubt the most viewed forum on this site...

The popularity of this subforum may well have played into my decision to create the thread here - I don't recall.

Hi!

I'm very new to the collecting world so my stash is a little measly compared to anyone else's. But upon stumbling into Kickstarter and helping fund many other decks, and then joining Club 808 after going into a frenzy on Ebay and Amazon, storage will be a concern soon! Thanks to everyone for those suggestions!

Here's a snapshot of my small collection so you can poke fun at it. They're on a tray I bought at Staples. The lock box to the right are vintage pin-up decks from the 40s,50s and 60s and a few more modern ones...can't exactly post pics of those if you know what I mean.


Cheers!

Thanks for sharing the pic, Eoghann!

Welcome to the forum, and to the hobby/obsession!

I see nothing to poke fun at - Other than perhaps the invisible "lockbox" (I can't see it, anyway).

Seriously, we all start somewhere (actually, we all start with ZERO decks!), and you have a respectable stash there.

Best,

-RSL

Just missed out on this today - would have been nice for a few decks / chips

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Rummaging through my garage I stumble into an old art box so I decided to repurpose it. After stripping it and removing the trays, I went to the craft store, bought some burgundy felt, leather straps and this was the result.

Very nice, Eoghann!

By the way, how is your user name pronounced?

RSLancastr wrote:Very nice, Eoghann!

By the way, how is your user name pronounced?

Thanks! I was considering some varnish but ill probably leave the "weathered" look.

Yo-ehn. It's pronounced similar to Owen. But a lot of friends pronounce it "eh-oh-ghan" or "ee-og" for short coz they can't get around all the silent letters.

Eoghann wrote:

RSLancastr wrote:Very nice, Eoghann!

By the way, how is your user name pronounced?

Thanks! I was considering some varnish but ill probably leave the "weathered" look.

Yo-ehn. It's pronounced similar to Owen. But a lot of friends pronounce it "eh-oh-ghan" or "ee-og" for short coz they can't get around all the silent letters.

Is it Welsh perchance? My real name's Polish, I know all about people not being able to properly pronounce your name.

Really like the repurposing of the art-box, very creative way to display the decks.

Eoghann wrote:Yo-ehn. It's pronounced similar to Owen. But a lot of friends pronounce it "eh-oh-ghan" or "ee-og" for short coz they can't get around all the silent letters.

I figured it was part of the John family of names. (John/Juan/Johann/Ian...etc.

Is it Irish/Gaelic?

Yes that's right. Mainly Irish/Gaelic. Though its been know to surface in Scottish and Welsh lands.

Glad you like the box. I don't usually get all artsy with stuff coz I'm impatient and heavy handed but I figured why not. Worst that could happen is I go back to using the plastic tray I bought at Staples! Heh.

Did you take precautions so that the lining and the straps will not "bleed" onto the boxes over time?

RSLancastr wrote:Did you take precautions so that the lining and the straps will not "bleed" onto the boxes over time?

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by that. Would you care to elaborate please? Like the felt staining the tucks? So far I've been very careful and made sure that most of my decks maintain their plastic sleeves. I also made sure the straps aren't tight enough to flatten the decks from the sides. Don't know if I'm missing an important step in caring for my decks.

Thanks!

Yes. I am far from an expert on such matters, but I know that the dyes used to color some cloths/papers will transfer over to objects that touch them for long periods of time. I once saw a nearly priceless collection of old playing cards which had become nearly worthless because the collector had mounted individual cards from the decks into old-fashioned photo albums (the kind where the pages are made from construction paper, and the photos are attached to the pages via "corner mounts").

The construction paper which made up the pages was a chocolate brown color. The cards mounted on the pages had been permanently stained that brown from decades of being in the albums.

I know that there are certain types of paper which I believe are referred to as "museum-quality" which are specifically made so that their dyes will NOT transfer/bleed on to other objects in contact with them. I don't know if there are any equivalent "museum-quality" felts or leathers.

Keeping the tux boxes in their cellophane would obviously help.

Very interesting. And that does raise a concern. I'll definitely have to look into that! Especially for the ones I couldn't keep in the cellophane. Thanks so much for the info!

You are quite welcome!

I just remembered: The term for the non-bleeding kind of paper is not "museum-quality" paper, but "archive-quality" paper or archival paper.

Googling THAT led me to the following Wikipedia page on "Acid-free paper":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid-free_paper

Some interesting information there.

The felt I've used is Ruby Eco Fi felt bought at Michael's craft store. I've sent an email to Eco Fi asking for specs and especially if its acid free before I tear the felt off the box!

In the meantime I carefully removed the cellophane off cheap, common decks and placed them on the more limited decks, just to be safe.