Hi all,
Long time reader, first time asker......
I've been collecting for 35+ years now and have amassed a very large collection. I am in my early 40s and in about 10 years I plan on living off collection and re-investing blah blah blah (figure that's what a bunch of us are doing, just trying to work with what we love).
Last year I thought I would dip my toes in the pool and signed up for cgc to start slabbing and selling some dupes or books I dont care about so I paid for the 2nd highest tier (I believe). In the last year i was only able to make two submittals (due to full time job in electrical industry) totaling maybe 10-12 books.
Work is too much for me at the moment so my question is to address if it's currently worth it for me to continue slow SLABS for sales projected 10-20 years down road. My biggest concern is I am a high end OCD collector that takes the best care of all my collectables from video games, cards, historical and mostely comics. I do NOT own super pricey silver/gold age books and most, although I mainly only collect key floppies, are 75% 1-100$ spec books followed by 15% hot 200-800$ and probably 10% of collection is over 1000$ but none over probably 3k and own about 10,000 books Just to give you an idea of key books I hold that I am aiming to protect and if important: slab, mainly the 25% worth actual money. Again, not all keys just the hot ones and above.
QUESTION: SLABS!!!!! HOW LONG DO THEY TRULY PROTECT YOUR BOOKS? I know this question is a toughy but if I have to pay to reslab my books, that's where I wonder if waiting is better for me? If I slab 1000s of books and dont sell for 15years are my books being hurt? What is everyone's experience. I have heard everything from forever to every 7years we should be changing out.
My books are stored in climate controlled room 75degrees, dehumidifier set to what Smithsonian uses which I believe is 45 and black out curtains and low light with most books being stored in CGC boxes.
Thank you for any answers you can provide.