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With so many categories and sub-categories...How do you physically organize your collection?

I'm debating about just going by years for each major category like COMICS

Or

Breaking down each major category, sub-category, set etc.

By subject, then chronological order of release, with sets from multiple years they are in alphabetical order, and each set will eventually be in numerical order. Any inserts and parallels will be sorted alphabetically and then numerically as well, placed after the base set.

When I finish scanning everything and sort them back into order, they will be stored exactly how they are displayed here: https://public.fotki.com/CardboardHistory/non-sports/non-sport/ although I'll probably pull automotive to the front since it's my favorite.

Billy, Whoa !, WOW!, Probably a bit more than 'ole ~BOB~ wants to do. But it did give me a few ideas. Thx 

Question 1 ? : What do you think about giving Stickers there own category? Just for Non-Sports?

Question 2 ? : Don't you think Non-Sports should have an Unlicensed Category like the others?

Have you or know of anybody that might have approached ADMIN with these?

I mostly collect superheroes, and I organize them by character. At least for the Marvel stuff. I don't have enough of the other companies to bother doing anything other than organize by set so far. My non superhero stuff is pretty limited, so all of that fits into about three folders. I can usually find what I am looking for, but some fo the marvel stuff is getting out of hand and needs further organizing so I don't keep spending 15 minutes looking for a single character. 

I don't have a ton of non-sport, but what I do have is either in thin binders (10 pages or less) or in a small box separate from the sports stuff. How you sort Garbage Pail Kids with KISS and Napoleon Dynamite, I don't know, so it's just mixed together in that box.

I have kept it somewhat like I keep my sports, Start with the Year, Alphabetical by Manufacturer, Base Set then Sub Sets. 

grim25

My stickers and oddballs are sorted into their proper topic, in chronological order alphabetical order depending on how I handle that section.

Hmm lets see. 

First Alpha by set name and sets in numerical order. For sets with NNO alpha by card title if there is one if no text then I try to order them by what is shown visually. I'm not sure if I've had to go just the visual order yet. If stickers are included as "inserts" then again numerical order if numbered if not numbered then subject title/image name. Sticker sets that are not inserts to a card set are treated as a separete set.

Series that are produced yearly, chronological order.