If you're looking for new and creative ways to display your growing Pokémon card collection and don't mind treating yourself to something on the more luxurious end of the scale, you might want to consider looking into Collectors’ Cabinets.
This UK-based company has begun manufacturing bespoke, "museum-grade" display units that are specifically tailored to meet your individual needs. Have a small collection of first edition cards in mint condition that you want to show off, or maybe an entire set of cards from your childhood? Collectors’ Cabinets says that it can sort that out for you.
"All our products are made to order, built specifically for your collection. We can adjust everything to your needs – from your trading card storage & display requirements, to the level of lighting that best suits your home...
We produce handcrafted, bespoke furniture, built to your exact specifications, with your unique collection in mind. Our furniture is designed and crafted to honour your prized possessions, and to match your personal taste."
The company's founder, Alex Allison, says, "I was really disappointed by the cheap cases and display stands available for my growing collection of Pokémon cards, so I decided that I would build something myself that would do a better job at doing my cards justice. We’ve been working for the last few months on getting things just right, and now we’re really excited to start taking enquiries."
If you're interested, you can check out Collectors’ Cabinets' website here and submit an enquiry. Naturally, the products on offer are also suitable for other trading card games like Yu-Gi-Oh! and Magic: The Gathering, or even other collectables like football stickers.
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Somebody make one of those for my balloon yoshi New super Mario Bros. U card
This is really cool. Probably not something I will ever use mind, but still really cool. Nothing wrong with more bespoke storage for collectibles and the like.
Ah yes, that well known and established quality standard ‘Museum Grade’. One above ‘Police Station Grade’ but not quite ‘Post Office Grade’.
That picture frame kinda makes it easy for someone to steal all your best cards at once.
Mmmm those are some tasty cabinets. They would make for interesting display units for sure.
"Um no, I will NOT be moving my pokemon card museum display case out of the living room, honey"
@superderper If this is a serious question I do know the answer haha
Note that the items being displayed are graded cards
There is such a thing as museum standard display cases, but they'd probably cost a lot more (like £10,000 per case) (I don't actually know how much these ones cost, but I'm assuming less).
Source friend who worked at Britain's leading museum (yes, that one).
This is cool. I have a friend who is a bespoke cabinet maker, well out of my price range for now, but we have discussed one day making a display cabinet for all my old controllers and consoles dating back to the 80s.
One day... until then this is awesome and I can dream.
@superderper Sounds good.
True question is:
Will it still display my worthless tattered baseball cards?
I need something like this for my Amiibo collection :/
Seems cool. As gaming becomes both mainstream and more of a collection than a utilitarian product the perception of them shifts. After all a big hand in what makes art valuable is a bunch of wealthy people flexing on each other. Many games have concept art worthy of framing (okami,seriously) so this is less surprising to me now than it would have been 20 years ago.
Just like how computers and geek culture was mocked in the 80s and 90s, it runs the world now and leads many trends. I am going to laugh though if by the time I’m old the next hit billionaire is essentially a game collector.
Nice, but I ain't got the space for something like this!
Who has a house big enough for this?! Lawyers and bankers. Not your typical Pokemon card collector...
@TryToBeHopeful There's a lot of variables that comprise the final cost of a museum cabinet. As for the glass material itself, it is mostly a question of interaction with light, security so that in the case it is damaged the displayed items are not and lastly the seal that maintains a stable atmosphere.
Then you typically have sensors, such as humidity, temperature and light sensors, and of course security sensors.
Regulated and remote controled DALI lighting is no miniscule item either.
By far the most expensive system is an active gas circulation system if your exhibits needs it but that is a very rare occurence.
Source: 3 years of museum experience, albeit in IT rather than collection conservation
@franx My source is a conservator so but yes, I think we're agreed!
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