Free Binders, Cheap Pages, and Junk Wax Zen

What happens to a lowly card addict when 1) a show dealer with a trunk full of used pages is sick of lugging them around and 2) your buddy's office is chucking old three-ring binders? You 1) buy the pages 2) buy your buddy a few buckets of beer for smuggling the binders and 3) achieve junk wax zen.

All of us I'm sure have a set of, say 1991 Score or 1988 Donruss or 1990 Fleer just collecting dust in our closests. And by *a* set, I of course mean *several*. These deserve displayed, but not if the display medium costs more than the cards. Well it didn't this time. Here's a tour of my organized binder heaven, complete with custom labels.

N.B. If you have OCD and dislike the alignment of some labels, know that some of it is camera angle shenanigans and some of it is to cover surface flaws in the binders. DEAL WITH IT.

Card shelf 1 of 4

Row 1: Fleer 1989-1992 and 1995, Donruss 1988-1991

Row 2: Leaf 1986 and 1991, Ultra 1991-1993, Donruss 1992 and 1993

Row 3: Score 1988-1992, Stadium Club 1991

Row 4: Upper Deck 1991 and 1992, Sportflics 1987 1989 and 1990, Bowman 1989, Flair 1993, O-Pee-Chee 1991, Studio 1993, Collector's Choice 1995. 

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Card shelf 2 of 4

Balcony: Ticket to Pete Rose's 4192nd hit, 1869 Red Stockings pic, Reds 2003 official game lineup card

Row 1: Topps 1970-1979

Row 2: Topps 1951-1969 (I have a reason for the order they're in, trust me)

Row 3: MLB HoF, Misc. Vintage Baseball, Bengals Autos, Misc. Autos, Reds Autos

Row 4: Topps Football 1956-1979

Row 5: Misc. Vintage Football, Bengals Topps 1968-2014, Reds Topps 1995-2026, Adam Dunn, Columbus Clippers, Ohio State Alums

 

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Card shelf 3 of 4

Balcony: Trade Bait 

Row 1: Reds Opening Day Starting Nines, Baseball Junk Wax inserts, parallels, small sets, and partial sets

Row 2: Topps Basketball 1969-1979, Basketball Junk Wax, NFL/Bball/Hockey HoF

Row 3: Topps Hockey 1969-1979, OPC Hockey 1969-1979, 1992 Topps Gold Winners, 1993 Topps Gold, Non-Sports (Wrestling, Desert Storm, Batman), Ickey Woods/Anthony Munoz/Misc. Football

 

Card shelf 4 of 4

Balcony: Adam Dunn Relics/Autos, Reds/Bengals Auto-Relics, Pre-War vintage baseball

Row 1: Baseball Junk Wax Store/Food Issues, O-Pee-Chee Baseball 1965-1979, Reds Kahn's Stadium Issue 1987-2026, Topps Baseball 1980-1982

Row 2: Bowman Baseball 1953-1955, Topps Baseball 1983-1988

Row 3: Topps Baseball 1989-1994

 

 

Organizational zen is achieved.  Also, here's an actual card, because this post needs one:

 

 

Go Redlegs.