We have been in our new house for a few months but I am just getting around to unpacking my hobby room.
All of my cards were packed in some 12-15 D-Ring binders, 7 or 8 monster boxes and various "shoeboxes" packed full of higher priced singles. I store most of my singles (from the monster boxes) in a couple of old library card catalogue cabinets.
So over the last few days I have been unpacking my cards - shelving the albums, and getting my singles out of the monster boxes and into my card catalogue cabinet. To help find things in the cabinet I am keeping a relatively simple text file which records the contents of each drawer in the card cabinet. So if I need my 85-86 OPC hockey singles I can search for it in my text file and see it is in drawer D13. Pull out D13 and voila!
Of course refiling everything gives me a chance to organize a little more - sort those piles of 78-79 OPC that have been sitting there in a mess for years, take that misc stack of stuff I got in a trade a couple of years back and sort them into the 20 or so sets represented.
My little guy has taken an interest in cards - so I have set him up with a binder, a small stack of 9 pocket pages and a few stacks of cards. It will soon be time for another trip to McDonald's to get a few packs of the new stuff to help complete his set. Till next time.
Ron,
ReplyDeleteI know what you're going through. My wife and I recently moved to the U.S. to take up faculty positions at a midwest university. I was quite nervous about packing up my collection and leaving it in the hands of a moving company for the cross-border trip. But it worked well and now I too am unpacking my hobby room – it certainly is a great way to re-visit one's collection.
P.S. So it's possible to get tenure AND collect hockey cards? You are an inspiration:)
Thanks for the comment - nice to know someone is reading the blog!! How did you find it?
ReplyDeleteIt is possible - although I must say that the hobby has not received much attention lately. As you said a move is nice way to revisit things. Maybe motivate some trading. Do you have wantlist posted somewhere?
Ron,
ReplyDeleteI saw the link you posted on the Vintage Collector's Forum. I don't have a publicly-listed want list, but I'm trying to finish off a couple 1950's Parkies sets...so very close.
This is NSF grant-writing season so much of my time is spent trying to dream up "transformative" research projects and convince reviewers that it's possible to do them. I still sneak in a bit of card time but not nearly as much as I would like – I suppose that's what keeps it interesting and fun!
I envy your snow storm!
I am pretty new to the whole blog idea - have lots of interesting (at least to me!) things to talk about so I figured I would give it a shot and see if I could get a following.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the grant writing. I have 3 years before my next renewal! (hopefully it will be a renewal)