A blast from the past... 0

[Chip Cataldo]

Was re-bagging/boarding some Adams Avengers tonight when I noticed the back of the bags.

I kinda don't want to throw them out now. Lol.

[Ken Aldred]

I’d maybe keep a couple.

Comic dealer / collector history and nostalgia.

Edited August 23 by Ken Aldred

[MattTheDuck]

I have a tough time getting rid of bags with stickers from 50 years ago where an LCS wrote "Fn" on the label

 

[MattTheDuck]

I also have a bunch of these from 30 years ago from a brief collecting burst.

 

[Chip Cataldo]

What are you confused about THIS time, @greggy? Lol

[Robot Man]

I have some of those as well. I remember sending Bell cash in an envelope for them as a kid. I keep them as a little bit of comic history.

Oddly, there is a dealer every year at Terry’s Cal Con that still sells comics in those bags! 

[Happy Noodle Boy]

Is it true that those bags were made from sawdust and radioactive meteor shards and came off the assembly line already yellow? It's just something I heard from some guy.

(I also heard that they leave an oily residue on your fingers even when you don't touch them, emit toxic fumes, and that they will completely melt a comic book left inside them for more than 48 hours.)

Thank god for mylar! It only costs ten times as much, and without it, I truly believe my entire comic book collection would burst into flames immediately.

[MAY1979]

^ I think you have the bags confused with celluloid 

Edited August 23 by MAR1979

[shadroch]

Some Bell bags disintegrate into a gooey substance on the outside. When I started buying, there were always a few in every collection.  Food storage bags were better protection. 

That said, they are a part of the hobby's history, and I'd preserve them but rebag and board the contents.

[paperheart]

On 8/23/2024 at 7:20 AM, Chip Cataldo said:

What are you confused about THIS time, @greggy? Lol

he thought he owned every one

[Robot Man]

On 8/23/2024 at 12:04 PM, shadroch said:

Some Bell bags disintegrate into a gooey substance on the outside. When I started buying, there were always a few in every collection.  Food storage bags were better protection. 

That said, they are a part of the hobby's history, and I'd preserve them but rebag and board the contents.

Before Bell bags, I used to wrap large groups in cleaners bags. 

[Ken Aldred]

Chip’s Bell Bags don’t look too bad for their advanced age.

[AlterEgo2024]

I bought a few of these in 1970. They were a nickel each if I remember correctly.