Questions on bagging and boarding
Hey y'all. I've been collecting comics consistently for about 25 years and have amassed a decent collection, mostly modern stuff. My big 3 are Superman, Batman and Spider-Man `and I plan on building my Bronze Age collection of those characters so needless to say there will eventually be quite a few comics to deal with. Unfortunately in the beginning before paying too much attention to how I handled books then and, at the time being a new ebay user, I had to replace some of the lesser grade books (VF and under) with better NM copies. All that being said I have recently had to re-bag and board everything and wound up using various "acid free" boards and BCW SA 7 1/8 bags. I never liked how books would shift when all lined up in a row the same way so I now use use 2 boards and comics per bag and it seems to be working out great. It adds an extra level of stability and fits good n snug. (Just make sure you grab them in the middle when picking a few up). Anyways, Now for my questions. 1) Does anyone else do this? If so what are your thoughts on it? 2) Is it safe for the spine of the books? 3) Besides mylar bags what brand name might be better than BCW? So far they're the only ones I've found that if the label says 7 1/8 its actually 7 1/8, all others seem to be 7 1/4 (Ultra Pro and CDS seem to be bad about that) 4) Is anyone aware of any SA boards wider than 7"? 5) Anyone have any experience with BCW TRIPLE strength long boxes? Any help is appreciated. Thank guys