Storing your collection

[Jubei11]

Hey all,

As im sure pretty much all of you are like me in the way that you have boxes upon boxes of lotr cards!

Just getting back into sorting my collection out, i was just wondering how everyone out there stores theyre cards? do you have them all arranged say fotr with each culture sorted or do you have everything in numerical order? Do you have em all in boxes or special cases?

Also how does everyone store theyre actual true collection? i have mine in Collectors card album ultra pro binders. everyone else the same?



Jubei



Jubei

[Elrohir]

Hi,

I have the cards divided in Blocks -> Culture -> Twilight Cost. All arranged in Shoeboxes, Deckboxes and Sleeves.

[MR. Lurtzy]

I have everything in binders... sorted by culture, then by companion, possession, etc...

[finisterle]

Sorted by culture in soft sleeves in anthology boxes. I only play the open & expanded fromats so there is no need to sort the cards further. I also have some very soft plastic bags normally used for waste in the anthology boxes to prevent damage on the cards caused by movement of the box.

[SomeRandomDude]

I sort by culture and then by collector number.

[jdizzy001]

I sort by culture and number of copies I have of the card.  I'm in the process of sleeving my collection.  It was either spend 20 bucks on a few card pages or 20 bucks on 2000 penny sleeves and store them in boxes.  The boxes won out.

[FingolfinFinwe]

By set and then culture.

[CCCORNIV]

I keep each block separate.  Sort by culture, card type (Companion, posession, event, condition) and twilight cost.

[FingolfinFinwe]

Yeah I have my fellowship/TTowers/Rotk decks all in the Ultra-Pro Satin or just colored sleeves.  All my Post-Shadows decks are just in the clear plastic sleeves.  I would agree with you in regards to the longevity of each.

[Mc Tono]

All my rares promo`s and preshadows starters a large binder divided by culture.
communs uncs postshadow starters and sites in wooden wineboxes divided by culture.

extra communs and uncs in cardboard boxes, booster displays, under tables, behind wallpaper, in my sons mouth, next to my computer, in the garden, under my bed, in the hearth of my home (some of them saved from the fire and precoiusly reclaimed, returned, so to speak, (friend...))

[rubbercarp]

I have a binders with my complete sets displayed.


Then I have all of my extra rares grouped together and organized by culture and card number.

Commons and Uncommons are in boxes. Shadow cards organized by Sub-Culture. And Fellowship organized by Culture > Type (ie Possessions, Events, etc)

[legolas3333]

I have mine sorted by culture, then by type, then by number of copies

[Alazzar]

I organize using the following process:

1.  Block
2.  Side (Free Peoples/Shadow)
3.  Culture
4.  Kind (Companions --> Allies -->Conditions --> Events --> Possessions; same for Shadow, just replace Companions/Allies with Minions)
5.  Alphabetization

My rares are kept separately, and are divided only by culture.  I don't have a large enough collection of rares to worry about further categorizing them, and it's actually nice having to thumb through them when I'm looking for something, because I often come across a card I realize could go into the deck I'm building at the time.

[Hobbit_Pizza]

I store my collection in binders by block, 1 binder per block. Everything is in numberical order, 4 of each card max. Spare foils, rares, promos, etc get stored in a plastic card box with divided sections for trading fodder. I have a separate binder for my promos, autographed cards, etc. All my cards are kept in a plastic 72" high double-door storage locker. Spare non-foil commons go into the 5000+ count box abyss, I've got a few of those.

[FingolfinFinwe]

I need to get a fireproof room to store my cards xD