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Storing Slabbed Comics

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shadroch

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I am 54 and don't even KNOW anyone that has lost anything/everything in a fire. So, I don't worry about it. Odds are with me. [/quote

 

We have had at least two forumites lose everything in house fires. Odds were with them too.

My insurance runs me less than a dollar a day. As CIA doesnt require an inventory list, you can seperate your collection into two locations and insure for half its value.

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Mark 1

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Yep, insure your collection. If you don't....you are just asking for a loss.

 

As for storing I keep my slabs at least a foot off the ground in case of a flood. I keep them in a room temperature office and they are locked up. No safe as they have been found to cause rust on staples.

 

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oakman29

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Yep, insure your collection. If you don't....you are just asking for a loss.

 

As for storing I keep my slabs at least a foot off the ground in case of a flood. I keep them in a room temperature office and they are locked up. No safe as they have been found to cause rust on staples.

 

:applause: When people start thinking it won't happen to them,is when it does.

If you have a substantial investment in your collection, insure it. It's really not necessary to lock it up in safe,or deposit box. You can't enjoy it that way. (shrug)

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I enjoy my comics the same way I enjoy my stocks or my cash. I don't need to see my hundred dollar bills to be happy. To me, leaving $30,000 books sitting on a bookshelf is not something I do, others enjoy it.

That's why there are so many different flavors of ice cream.

 

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thunsicker

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I enjoy my comics the same way I enjoy my stocks or my cash. I don't need to see my hundred dollar bills to be happy. To me, leaving $30,000 books sitting on a bookshelf is not something I do, others enjoy it.

That's why there are so many different flavors of ice cream.

 

God, I hope Comics haven't become the equivalent of stocks or cash. :sorry:

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I enjoy my comics the same way I enjoy my stocks or my cash. I don't need to see my hundred dollar bills to be happy. To me, leaving $30,000 books sitting on a bookshelf is not something I do, others enjoy it.

That's why there are so many different flavors of ice cream.

 

God, I hope Comics haven't become the equivalent of stocks or cash. :sorry:

 

Exactly what I was thinking.

 

Cash and Stocks don't give me any pleasure besides knowing I have them and I can afford my life.

 

Comics are to look at and enjoy. I feel with insurance that allows me to keep them with me and not in some safety deposit box. Sure they are safer there but I would just want to go see it all the time.

 

Like you said...many different flavors so we all have our perspectives.

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lou_fine

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thunsicker, are those custom frames? Please share the recipe.

 

I got them from Gweedo's . They also do custom frames like I got for my '66 Donruss cards and wrappers:

 

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Now, that looks really impressive! (thumbs u

 

The only question I have is how do you protect the books from the light so that they do not fade over an extended period of time? Or is there a protective layer of something on the glass of the frame? hm

 

I remember the story about the person who brought the Action 1, Detective 27, etc. and put them up for display in a travelling road show and the colours on the books all faded away after a few years.

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