Storing our Cards: read this interesting article from HOF

[Boots]

Special Care: Baseball HOF Says No to Slabbed Cards

Everything you ever learned about preserving your collection might be wrong – report from the Baseball HOF & Museum. The Baseball HOF held an inaugural Care and Conservation Workshop with some surprising information on what they deem as safekeeping for collectibles.

sportscollectorsdigest.com

 

[pinetarboys]

Think PSA and Beckett need to make sure the slabs they are using are made up of a material not going to naturally; chemically decompose! They cost a lot of $ to get slabbed, would be a shame if any card decomposes while in a slab for years to come...Thanks Boots for the article great read!

 

[KCLJ520]

@Boots

That is VERY interesting! I have a friend who has gotten a LOT of cards graded and has spent what I would consider an exorbitant amount of money on the process. It is a shame that the slabs are poor for storage, since they have long been considered the gold standard. In comparison, I have never sent anything in, and have purchased 3 slabbed cards from fellow collector. Those 3 are all I have in slabs, and will probably be it for me (especially after reading this article!!)

Thanks for sharing, much appreciated!

Blessings,

Kevin