Baseball Card Boxes are available in many varieties and are commonly available with anywhere from one to five rows. Most commonly the baseball cards are stored on their long edge in rows, especially in the cardboard baseball card boxes, though sometimes in smaller hard plastic cases the cards will be stored upright.
If you're just getting started collecting baseball cards you might be wondering why you should bother with a specialized baseball card box in the first place, why not just repurpose one of the old shoe boxes we've all got lying around? It's tough to find boxes that are sized appropriately for baseball cards (aside from those specifically made for baseball cards of course) so anything you've got lying around the house probably isn't going to keep the cards from moving around inside the box and getting damaged. Shoe boxes are a popular choice among the uninformed but they are thin and flimsy and they'll eventually bend or break at some point while being handled causing the cards to move around and get damaged. Real baseball card boxes are very cheap, typically a few dollars or less for most options, so it's not worth risking damage to your cards by putting them in anything else.
500-800 cards is typically what you can expect most boxes to hold per row. When you get past a few hundred cards in your collection it becomes impractical to store your cards in binders or individual baseball card holders. Storing large quantities of cards in baseball card boxes gives you a great safe place to keep those common low-value cards that we tend to accumulate when collecting cards over the years.
Baseball card boxes are most commonly made out of a rigid cardboard. There are plastic boxes available though they can be difficult to find and for the most part they aren't really worth the extra cost. The cardboard boxes are pretty tough if you get good ones and as long as you aren't stacking them floor to ceiling they'll keep your cards nice and safe.
Baseball card storage boxes can be found at the same places I've previously recommended for other types of baseball card holders.. Local card shops, card shows, WalMart, Target, Amazon or eBay are all places to look.
I tend to stick with Amazon though, eBay is a respectable option if you're looking to buy in bulk but if you're just picking up one box, or a few boxes, then I honestly don't think you can beat the convenience and peace of mind that Amazon offers over buying from a random individual on eBay.
If you're just getting started collecting baseball cards you might be wondering why you should bother with a specialized baseball card box in the first place, why not just repurpose one of the old shoe boxes we've all got lying around? It's tough to find boxes that are sized appropriately for baseball cards (aside from those specifically made for baseball cards of course) so anything you've got lying around the house probably isn't going to keep the cards from moving around inside the box and getting damaged. Shoe boxes are a popular choice among the uninformed but they are thin and flimsy and they'll eventually bend or break at some point while being handled causing the cards to move around and get damaged. Real baseball card boxes are very cheap, typically a few dollars or less for most options, so it's not worth risking damage to your cards by putting them in anything else.
500-800 cards is typically what you can expect most boxes to hold per row. When you get past a few hundred cards in your collection it becomes impractical to store your cards in binders or individual baseball card holders. Storing large quantities of cards in baseball card boxes gives you a great safe place to keep those common low-value cards that we tend to accumulate when collecting cards over the years.
Baseball card boxes are most commonly made out of a rigid cardboard. There are plastic boxes available though they can be difficult to find and for the most part they aren't really worth the extra cost. The cardboard boxes are pretty tough if you get good ones and as long as you aren't stacking them floor to ceiling they'll keep your cards nice and safe.
Baseball card storage boxes can be found at the same places I've previously recommended for other types of baseball card holders.. Local card shops, card shows, WalMart, Target, Amazon or eBay are all places to look.
I tend to stick with Amazon though, eBay is a respectable option if you're looking to buy in bulk but if you're just picking up one box, or a few boxes, then I honestly don't think you can beat the convenience and peace of mind that Amazon offers over buying from a random individual on eBay.
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