November 08, 2011, 08:51 AM
Szym6 digit collection
With the cards I received today, I have now more than 100000 cards in my collection.
That a lot of cardboard

November 08, 2011, 09:24 AM
wolfieI'll just go and count mine, i'll be back next week.

It is scary the way these collections build up over time.
November 08, 2011, 09:34 AM
SzymI agree.
And there is still a part of my collection that is not in my Excel database yet.
We, the collectors, are really crazy people.
November 08, 2011, 01:18 PM
Electrawoman Cards f/k/a janequote:
Originally posted by Szym:
With the cards I received today, I have now more than 100000 cards in my collection.
That a lot of cardboard
You must have a LARGE room to store them in....I can barely contain my humble collection.
November 08, 2011, 03:25 PM
steve jI like to ask other dealers and collectors how they control the size of their collections, and what their wives and partners think of the space they take up. I mean they are very small, but 100,000 small pieces of cardboard take up a lot of room.

November 08, 2011, 04:14 PM
wolfieIn my case there is a thin strip of carpet from the bedroom door to the bed. The whole of the rest of the floor and all the way up all four walls is just boxes and binders.
Yes thats right, i'm single.

November 08, 2011, 05:26 PM
Mister E.Vat, No lady Wolfie ????? No Wolfesbane 4 u tonight. I need cards, they will go to a good cause ......... cause i need more more more !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

November 08, 2011, 06:43 PM
Ace of HeartsSounds like my room. Takes forever to get to anything.
Ace
November 09, 2011, 03:12 AM
tangentquote:
Originally posted by Szym:
With the cards I received today, I have now more than 100000 cards in my collection.
That a lot of cardboard
Congratulations, that's an excellent effort. I have my collection recorded electronically but base sets are just 1 record so I don't actually know how many cards I have.
For storage, I have a bookcase with binders for my collected sets and a couple of cupboards for spare base sets and boxes, and some binders and boxes for spare inserts etc. In my old house, I had a couple of bays in a compactus (the rest was comics).