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Do any of you guys display your CGC's?

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mschmidt

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Last week I went over to Staples with a few of my favorite books and OA.

For $9 I made colour copies of the covers of 8 books and black and white copies of 3 OA pages. Then went to a craft shop and picked up some cheap but decent frames. Trimmed the colour copies to fit the frames and put it all together.

Looks great and will post some photos here or in the thread devoted to comic rooms soon.

 

Why risk your books when you can make nice looking copies for cheap?

Would probably be a great way to go with frameitagainsam's frames also.

Copy lots of your books and change whenever the mood hits you.

 

If you go that route, why don't you skip a step, and simply download whatever covers you want off the net & hang those on the wall?

 

I enjoy having the originals, the books, available for display, much like I enjoy the original art (both comic book & non comic book-related) that's hanging around our house - to me framing an inferior reproduction would seem silly when I actually have access to the original piece.

 

But ... to each his own :thumbsup:

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toysmania

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This is all I have been able to do so far with what few slabs I have at the moment, nothing fancy. After reading some of the posts regarding light and fading, I'll prolly just rotate the slabs...

 

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You should show off your awesome Ken Haeser sketches! :headbang:

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Arkham

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Just kicking some life into this old post..

 

I've been weighing up Gweedos vs Frame It Again Sam vs Collector's Resource... Aaaand I've been researching the UV protection caper to try and work out if it's fantasy as FIAS suggests or if it has merit.

 

Given we are a few years on, what frames do people recommend these days?

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ChrisInBaltimore

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I use the Gweedo frames with UV glass. I love them. Part of what makes them so nice is the fact that you can easily rotate the books. I'd say I change mine out every month or so. I've got one set with silver age books and one set with modern. One month I might do my favorite Ditko books or Green Goblin covers.

 

I can't say enough good things about the Gweedo frames.

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entalmighty1

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I use the Gweedo frames with UV glass. I love them. Part of what makes them so nice is the fact that you can easily rotate the books. I'd say I change mine out every month or so. I've got one set with silver age books and one set with modern. One month I might do my favorite Ditko books or Green Goblin covers.

 

I can't say enough good things about the Gweedo frames.

 

Same here. I sprung for the UV glass, plus I put blackout curtains in the room. Gweedo's offers a fantastic product.

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makeminemego

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I just bought a roll of 6mm black plastic sheeting and cut it to cover the entire window frame, then tacked it to wall surface that surrounds the window. Blinds are still visible from the street, so no light comes in at all. Covered the whole thing with room darkening drapes.

 

Black as night in there. No light on my display wall.

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B-Smooth

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Mine are sealed in an encasement containing the inert gas argon with a controlled amount of humidity to keep the paper flexible and fade free. The encasement is constructed of ballistically resistant materials. The windows are boarded up, and brick and mortared, and the room is temperature and humidity controlled at all times. If there's any movement of a temperature of exactly 65 degrees, and /or exactly 55% humidity an alarm is sounded. No light is permitted in the room other than night goggles and escort. There's also an electric fence around the door to keep out pesky children and pets.

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Mine are sealed in an encasement containing the inert gas argon with a controlled amount of humidity to keep the paper flexible and fade free. The encasement is constructed of ballistically resistant materials. The windows are boarded up, and brick and mortared, and the room is temperature and humidity controlled at all times. If there's any movement of a temperature of exactly 65 degrees, and /or exactly 55% humidity an alarm is sounded. No light is permitted in the room other than night goggles and escort. There's also an electric fence around the door to keep out pesky children and pets.

 

So, In other words, you're not too concerned with the display of your comics. hm

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B-Smooth

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Mine are sealed in an encasement containing the inert gas argon with a controlled amount of humidity to keep the paper flexible and fade free. The encasement is constructed of ballistically resistant materials. The windows are boarded up, and brick and mortared, and the room is temperature and humidity controlled at all times. If there's any movement of a temperature of exactly 65 degrees, and /or exactly 55% humidity an alarm is sounded. No light is permitted in the room other than night goggles and escort. There's also an electric fence around the door to keep out pesky children and pets.

 

So, In other words, you're not too concerned with the display of your comics. hm

I had to let the armed guard go. It was getting a bit pricey. :sorry:

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entalmighty1

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Mine are sealed in an encasement containing the inert gas argon with a controlled amount of humidity to keep the paper flexible and fade free. The encasement is constructed of ballistically resistant materials. The windows are boarded up, and brick and mortared, and the room is temperature and humidity controlled at all times. If there's any movement of a temperature of exactly 65 degrees, and /or exactly 55% humidity an alarm is sounded. No light is permitted in the room other than night goggles and escort. There's also an electric fence around the door to keep out pesky children and pets.

 

So, In other words, you're not too concerned with the display of your comics. hm

I had to let the armed guard go. It was getting a bit pricey. :sorry:

 

Some things can't be sacrificed. Either you're committed to keeping your collectibles in pristine condition or you aren't. Get with it man!

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Thawk

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If you don't display them ever, do you take them out to look at them from time to time? Other than just having the value, seems like an odd reason to collect if they just sit in boxes to say you have them

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entalmighty1

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If you don't display them ever, do you take them out to look at them from time to time? Other than just having the value, seems like an odd reason to collect if they just sit in boxes to say you have them

 

I do both, but I also have front cover scans of all my books, slabbed or raw. I can look at them without digging through boxes. :)

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