Badge storage advice

[MINSTERMAN]

hi all

Apologies if this thread has been covered before, but does anyone store their badges in plastic display wallets, with several badges to a page? I guess these might be similar to coin display pages.

If so, where would I get the plastic pages and a binder from?

I have approx 100 York badges in a frame, but it such a pain to add new badges that I now want to make life a bit easier. The badges also move slightly when putting the rear of the frame back on which drives me mad!

thanks for any advice

[littlewiggy]

Hi mate, yes I've put all my badges in plastic display wallets too.

After years of scratching my head as to how to best store them, I finally decided this was the way to go. I always liked and admired how Footiebadgebloke's looked in these.

I still haven't found the binders I want, but I've mounted about 1800 badges and placed into clear wallets so far. Individual coin envelopes for single badges, and medal pouches for badge sets.

(BIB: Both are plentiful on eBay using those search words - best coin envelopes to fit almost all badges are the 2" x 2" versions)

I get the cosmic sleeves (plastic pages) from this chap who I also buy all my ticket albums from ...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1416.....EBIDX%3AIT

You need MM20 for the coin envelopes, and MM6V for the medal pouches. They're very robust plastic and look quite nice full of badges.

Despite lots of searching, I still haven't found the binders I'm completely happy with, so currently have several boxes of 'mounted & sleeved' badges here!!!

Important to note though, if you buy these sleeves, then they need to be 4-ring binders, because of the weight of the pages buddy.







_________________
NEWPORT COUNTY & GENERAL FOOTY BADGES:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/newport-county-badges/albums

[littlewiggy]

_________________
NEWPORT COUNTY & GENERAL FOOTY BADGES:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/newport-county-badges/albums

[Five and In]

Not as professional as Wiggy's storage which is impressive, but here is my offering.
I'm not really a badge collector, but had a fair few and I considered all sorts of ideas ranging from folders to shirts and scarves before I decided to start filling up an old Subbuteo pitch.

[littlewiggy]

Cracking badges mate, I particularly like the cockerel stick-pins, they're quite lovely.

You can't beat the classic Subbuteo pitch for a multitude of uses.
I have one in my linen cupboard, which I use as a tablecloth on my coffee table whenever my bezzie comes round for a football night on the tele.

It protects my table nicely from the beers and crisp bowls, as well as looking rather swell into the bargain too!


_________________
NEWPORT COUNTY & GENERAL FOOTY BADGES:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/newport-county-badges/albums

[MINSTERMAN]

Thanks for all the replies - most impressive badge collections!

I'm away for the weekend at York's great escape/worst day in the club's history (time will tell which it is!) but will post a picture of the recess frame I use to display my badges in the next few days.

I think the 20-pocket pages look just the job, but might buy a few of the others in Ade's pictures just to mix and match.

1800 badges - crikey !