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ARCHIVED COLLECTIBLES

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  1. If you go back to 2009/2010 you will find that most slabbed keys in higher grade spanning different eras are trading at incredible multiples present day vs. back then. It is relative. You could reasonably make the argument that buying say JP Morgan stock now for $92 something a share vs. $20 a share only 7 or 8 years ago is no more or less appealing than buying a slabbed AF 15 today in the same time frame.
  2. No. I discard those. I will be getting together tonight with some collecting folks. Will ask around.
  3. I personally would not want to have an old pack in the box, definitely no. In theory specifically with respect to temperature/heat a pack could not release moisture/water, etc. And you are a testament to said theory above. But again this goes back to the quality/quality control issue. Clearly there are folks who have had problems. Now they could be outliers or that 5% of error. But this goes back to my contention of why leave it in there? Thirty three gram packets are cheap. ((One other thing to point out, I need to get a little more feedback on, some types of packs have exploded IF exposed to enough water/moisture. ))
  4. Thank you for mentioning this. The ones I utilize are moisture indicating that do not contain cobalt. I get them from Amazon. I would recommend anyone do the same.
  5. With certainty and you would obviously logically concur, I can say that yes you lose that layer of protection absolutely. But there are some variables that I believe give merit to your original questions/premise with respect to potentially causing harm. One big thing being that not all desiccant and silica bags are equal in terms of quality. So in some instances/products and in some environments I could see why some folks are saying they had a problem in that regard. I have not personally experienced this though. To give you an analogy that is more apples to oranges, say you have batteries in a TV remote control that expire and no longer work and you just indefinitely left the batteries in the compartment. In some environments and/or in some particular battery brands, those batteries will end up leaking and potentially causing harm to the device. I believe that if we have gone to this much trouble i.e. slabbing, or mylar/fullbacks etc. you have to see it through all the way.
  6. I only utilize indicating gel and I do not regenerate old packs. With that said, from my understanding with a guy who is well versed in this arena, essentially if a pack has no more capability of performing its function, then logically you could infer that the effective end results will be very undesirable (depending on your particular environment.) Leading to your question 3, yes they would not only be useless but the space and contents residing in said space would potentially be vulnerable as well.
  7. As someone already pointed out, if you can swing 1000 lots just buy direct. No one will come close to that price. For instance, on a per comic basis, your cost would be 37 something cents on a Standard M2 +FB combo.
  8. Collector I knew lived in a very nice community of town homes. He had a bunch of frame mounted comics on one of the walls. His neighbor who was going through a break up landed solo in his town home next door. The now single member went out and purchased a Klipsch home theatre system. The guy I knew came home on a Sunday afternoon from a weekend trip to find a bunch of his comics had crashed/landed on his hard wood floor. The solo neighbor had been demo'ing out his system on a Jason Bourne marathon and the vibrations from the sub just literally shook through the entire structure. So simple point is be sure to factor in your particular environment, geography etc to ensure your displayed comics are absolutely in a secured position.
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  11. STAR WARS 49 CGC 9.8 WP The Last Jedi Brand New CGC case The specific slab with cert # ending 025 pictured here is exclusively for sale only here and at the lowest price you will find anywhere. Recent GPA has spiked and is all over the place. I have sold a few ranging from $215 Shipped to $350 Shipped Price here = $199 SHIPPED in USA Payment = Paypal Shipping = USPS double boxed with full insurance value and tracking This book will be highly sought after as we approach SW Episode VIII The Last Jedi MOVIE release at the end of 2017 STAR WARS 49 CGC 9.8 White Pages (Highest Graded) THE LAST JEDI