A House For Your Cards

Do you have sports cards sitting around? Do you not have a place to display them? Do you not want your mother to throw them out or have your spouse find them?

Then why don't you get A House For Your Cards!

 

Well, not an actual house, unless you want to pay the prices of today's housing market, then go at it. Sort of like when Doug Heffernan from King Of Queens rented an apartment as his hangout spot away from his wife and without her knowing. Not that the end result of that worked out well and not that I would ever suggest that.

Or would I?

No. And don't tell your spouse I did either. Or mine. Though how cool would it be to just own a house for your collection and be able to display it however you want.

;)

Recently when I was digging for the base cards I traded to my father in my The Great Card Cleanse Of 2025 Part 1 project I came across this little flyer that must have been in a pack of older cards or even an insert in a magazine. I must have hoarded it because I found it to be fun piece of hobby history.               

 

Back then, it was all about the wood grain, even on the side of the cars. I remember when I first met my sister-in-law back in 2002, she owned a station wagon (she was 16 or so at the time) so it wasn't really the cool card to drive but it was a car. It eventually was sold to my parents who drove it for a few years.

In this case, it was a full grain brown (which I assume looked the same as wood grain) 3-ring binder which was made full grain brown vinyl and held quite a few pages and cards. What stands out to me is the price. It's been a long time since 3-ring binders were that cheap. Most now are $10 even the cheaply made Walmart ones. The fancier ones on places like BCW cost more. Of course if you use code Matt10 at checkout you can save 10% off all of your supplies. Just sayin'.

So for me, I have my mother-in-law watch yard sales for them for a couple bucks. Some haven't come home in great condition, but they are useable.

 

The next option was this Perfect House For Your Team Set. Guess what, more of that Full Grain Vinyl! I wonder if they make coffee mugs that way? These apparently were used for displaying those minor league team cards. Though I would prefer professional teams.

 

And here you go for your ordering form. You may want to order more than one.

Look at the cost of shipping back then. Those are the days. Most shipping is $5 and up now.

Let me know in comments which of these two items, if not both, you would have ordered. I would also be curious if you actually did order either of these as well or maybe you found one of them over the years.

Hope everyone has a great rest of your day.

Don't forget to house your cards.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

side note: I was able to do a post today since I went through hernia surgery and I am resting at home. I hope to do another this weekend.