Hi Stuart i have seen those sleeves selling on Ebay and have thought about buying them. I currently store mine by carefully wrapping them in cling film and then put them in padded envelopes. Hopefully they will keep in perfect condition for the future.

TBH i collect both Albums (completed and empty) and loose sets. Originally i focused on just 100% completed albums and filling those near complete. I got into collecting loose sets after Darren (daza435) who is a regular on here pointed me in the direction of proper sleeves and albums to store them in. Value-wise i think loose sets will soar in value in the future and good condition albums with no writing in them will also be well-saught after in the future. If you are thinking of going for loose sets i would definetely recommend them as an investment.

Here's a rough list of my 100% albums i have:

South Africa 2010 - 6

Europa 80 - 1

Euro 76/77 - 1

Euro 96 - 1

Euro 2008 - 2

Germany 2006 - 5

Korea/Japan - 4

Espana 82 - 2

Euro 88 - 1

Football 79 - 2

Italia 90 - 1

Argentina 78 - 1

Football 78 - 4

Euro 2000 - 3

USA 94 - 3

Mexico 86 - 4

I have quite a few empty albums too - Mexico 86 ect which i think will be worth keeping and valuable in the future. I have 14 complete sets from various albums and roughly 12 near complete sets which can be both fun and frustrating trying to complete but also cool when its finished. Whether you collect albums or sets i think we will all be onto a winner in 10 - 20 years time!

Alec

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