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Tre Heitman

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  1. Oh my lordy.....As a young videogame nerd I never anticipated card games getting so big, figured that was the ways of the old.. now that I'm old; collectables: I hoard everything and trade nothing, lol.
  2. Don't worry, i had complete alpha and beta sets including all cards (yes, black lotus) and traded both sets for Street fighter and I believe super metroid in high school........ YIKES! I wanna redo
  3. Just a real rough number, probably lower but theres so many key books I own and my online comic price/tracking is highly inaccurate and books are typically listed well under ebay prices so truly no idea..... how bout 7%-12% for wider spectrum, lol. Other day looking at a (i think) 93 San Diego comic con book and found out it was hell boys 1st app so honestly just a super rough number cause i find a lot i didnt know i had from kid days in 80s/90s.
  4. Yeah! I am a mountain man and love the cold and sure my books do too but currently live in a desert where our electric bills can reach 700$-800$ a month on top of the 2200 rent for a 2bedroom shack! LOL. So just 75 for a couple more years and then hopefully i will be somewhere where it doesn't break me to run AC closer to 70. CALI LIVING! WHOOOT WHOOOOT and such........
  5. Most excellent, Truly appreciate the info. I have been using mainly egerber full backs/mylar for any book of value and always wondered what others think so thanks and double thanks for contact info. Mylars are so $ and find most deals on the ebays of E but will definitely reach out check out prices. Thank you for that! Much appreciated.
  6. 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.