How do you display your collection? Here's some suggestions from some of our Collector's Corner Editors and a guest. Next time we'll get some tips from professional designers.

SCI-FI and BOOKS
"How do I display my collections? I don't! No room! All my stuff is packed away in closets! Except for all my books, which are on shelves lining the dining room, the living room, the bedrooms, and the halls! I NEED A BIGGER HOUSE!" Michele Alice makalice@adelphia.net, AuctionBytes-Update
Contributing Editor

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SPORTS
"I buy a lot of display pieces like old photos, cardboard signs, programs, etc., and try to match them with the right size frame of the same period. When I find a match, I bring it to a framing store and request acid free paper to preserve the item. I keep pieces that aren't flat in a barrister's bookcase, also known as a stacking bookcase.

"They also sell UV resistant sleeves, sheets and cubes to store your items at larger antique shows. I've seen a company called Dave Cohen & Associates (www.showcaseshowplace.com) advertise showcases in several antique periodicals. I've never done business with them, but their cases look great." Wayne Tuiskula tuiskula@tiac.net, AuctionBytes-Update Collector's Corner Sports Editor

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PULPS and STAMPS
"I feel that many comic book dealers mishandle pulp magazines. Too often, the magazine is treated like a comic, placed in a snug plastic/mylar container, and stored upright like a comic. Bad idea!! Those old pulps aren't nearly as thin as comics, and the cover stock is generally much less stable than the comic book covers. Also, of course many pulps have a 1/4-1/3 inch overhang, which can be easily destroyed through improper storage.

"I suggest that the pulp be placed in a mylar bag that is one size too LARGE for the pulp, and carefully stored flat, with no more than perhaps 15 pulps stacked on top of each other. This preserves the overhang as best as possible, and also keeps the pulps flat. I'm interested in how others keep their pulps!

"As far as stamps go, there are lots of options. For many collectors of United States used stamps, the "Good Old" Scott Minuteman album is a basic: while not complete, it contains pictures of most varieties, descriptions of all commemoratives, and an attractive layout. I still have mine from when I collected as a kid!

"On the other hand, as an adult collecting older US, mint and used, such an album is less appropriate. I use a Linder album, which is really nice, as stamps are not hinged or placed in mounts, but placed in special neutral plastic pages, allowing one to easily see both front and back of each stamp.

"I also have a collection of US Navy WWI/WWII covers, which I actually display in simple first day cover albums (because they were inexpensive!).

"(Watch for an update that I'll write based on my experience at PulpCon 2000, which occurs July 7-8-9 in Dayton Ohio (That is a "free plug", I have no affiliation with PulpCon!)."

John Kirsner jkirsner@columbus.rr.com, AuctionBytes-Update Collector's Corner Stamps & Pulp Comics Editor

NAUTICAL MEMORABILIA
To get your creative juices flowing, here are some photos of nautical memorabilia donated by Glenda Moore. http://www.auctionbytes.com/images/nautical1.jpg
http://www.auctionbytes.com/images/nautical4.jpg

Glenda also collects Gene Barry memorabilia (~http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/barry.htm) and cat stuff (~http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/catstuff.htm).

If YOU have any suggestions or ideas you'd like to share, please email me at ina@auctionbytes.com and I'll publish them in the next issue.