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 Posted 02/11/2016  01:29 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CelticKnot to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
My 3rd order of pages came in.

So, this album holds 100 pages at a comfortable maximum. Which means about 300 notes in a single album.

Tragically (happily?) I can see myself exceeding this easily.

I'd post more pics but you should get the idea from the above photos. The one of the album lying on its side shows it with 50 pages. It now has 100.

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 Posted 03/08/2016  8:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add paxbrit to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I use Lindner binders for my collection, but it's running over $1 to store one note. I have some surplus items I store in 5"x8" mylar sleeves, the flapover kind, in a Globe-Weis card file box. That is running about 40 cents a note, so if I was starting out fresh, I would go the mylar sleeve/Globe-Weis card file route.

Rearrangement of the sleeves is simple, and if I remove a note from the collection, there is no empty space in the album.
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 Posted 03/10/2016  12:21 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CelticKnot to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Rearrangement of the sleeves is simple, and if I remove a note from the collection, there is no empty space in the album.

True. But albums are generally better (IMO) for display. It takes a bit more work to rearrange things as you mentioned, but I think the results are worth it. I also like your album + box setup. Think I'll start working on a box for those notes that I don't necessarily want in an album.
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 Posted 03/12/2016  5:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add paxbrit to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yeah, I do like the albums, the display is nicer. Just considering the cost of storage, album vs. sleeve, sleeves take the cake hands down.
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 Posted 03/14/2016  1:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CelticKnot to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yup. It's definitely a trade off. It's a combination of "do what's right for the collection" and "do what's right for your wallet".
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 Posted 03/15/2016  2:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add paxbrit to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
With over 2,000 notes in my collection, reducing storage cost from over a dollar to less than forty cents per note means I could have two or three additional notes costing a few hundred bucks each, certainly an improvement to any collection.

But, I've got albums already, so the cost has already been sunken, as they say. From scratch, however, I'd look at it differently.
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So, use your albums for your display notes. Boxes/sleeves for your... "archive" notes.

This is what I'll do when I run out of "affordable" album space. Seems like a good plan to me. And then it requires you to decide what's album-worthy, what's box-worthy, and what doesn't belong in your collection.
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