Wanted to share how I am protecting my collectable magazines and books

[cygan]

@krogothmanhattan i could send you my bread magazine and the 4 einundzwanzig magazines and ask you to do the following?:

• to grade the bread magazine via redwolf
• to grade the 4 einundzwanzig magazines via cgc

of course i will cover all costs

or would minerjones be the better option here?

[krogothmanhattan]

@krogothmanhattan i could send you my bread magazine and the 4 einundzwanzig magazines and ask you to do the following?:

• to grade the bread magazine via redwolf
• to grade the 4 einundzwanzig magazines via cgc

of course i will cover all costs

or would minerjones be the better option here?

  Best to go thru MinerJones. Goodluck!

[The Sceptical Chymist]

I love the dark and my pieces will be in a dark room with artificial light.

Oh wow....you sound a hell of a lot like me, including the penchant for stamps.

or would minerjones be the better option here?

You know, I was sort of asking the same question in another post, i.e., whether I could participate in a 'group-grading' due to the fact that I don't have a CGC membership and won't have the need for one.  Minerjones, if you hear cygan's and my plea for assistance please let us know.  

Now here's my most recent prize:



Edit:  Still not sure how to tweak the height and width of these images....grrr.

[tread93]

@krogothmanhattan i could send you my bread magazine and the 4 einundzwanzig magazines and ask you to do the following?:

• to grade the bread magazine via redwolf
• to grade the 4 einundzwanzig magazines via cgc

of course i will cover all costs

or would minerjones be the better option here?

You know what I have never thought about grading my 10 year bitcoin anniversary mag but now I kind of want to just because that would be so cool haha. I wonder what the costs are to grade them? I bet the would be a little bit pricier than if you were to grade any other old coin or note but i'm actually not sure what the collectibles group aka NGC or I guess in this case their sister company CGC. Have 2 magizines in mind, It also would be pretty cool to grade the first edition of the bitcoin encyclopedia too, anyone ever done that?

[minerjones]

@krogothmanhattan i could send you my bread magazine and the 4 einundzwanzig magazines and ask you to do the following?:

• to grade the bread magazine via redwolf
• to grade the 4 einundzwanzig magazines via cgc

of course i will cover all costs

or would minerjones be the better option here?

You know what I have never thought about grading my 10 year bitcoin anniversary mag but now I kind of want to just because that would be so cool haha. I wonder what the costs are to grade them? I bet the would be a little bit pricier than if you were to grade any other old coin or note but i'm actually not sure what the collectibles group aka NGC or I guess in this case their sister company CGC. Have 2 magizines in mind, It also would be pretty cool to grade the first edition of the bitcoin encyclopedia too, anyone ever done that?

Through CGC, it is usually around $70 per magazine to grade with the included fees, shipping costs, etc

[The Sceptical Chymist]

indeed cool pices and also the service of redwolf sounds very interesting
maybe this is a service that could grade my bread magazine for me...? attempts via cgc or cbcs were unfortunately in vain due to the thickness. i also found a grading service in germany (https://www.apgrading.de/) that would be possible according to the dimensions given.
but i would rather use an american company to increase the value or does it matter to you americans which grading company (.us or .eu) is behind the service?

A'ight, I'm really friggin' late commenting on your post, but I recently bought a couple copies of Bread and they barely fit in my BCW magazine box (I have to sort of tilt them sideways).  I don't know the story behind that particular magazine, but I'm searching this section for answers right now.

IMO, for Americans the grading company certainly does matter.  Collectors are a picky, picky lot and I've seen some coin collectors shun NGC and only buy PCGS-graded coins, and those are both American grading companies.  I guess it depends on the reputation of the grader, but I'm not sure a German company would appeal to us Ugly Americans.  Well, you all is pretty.  I'll just speak for myself and avoid looking in mirrors.

I do not see why humidity would be a problem.
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I cannot see any air infiltrating inside...it seals pretty damn tight

That might be so, but if magazine slabs are anything like coin slabs, humidity certainly could be an issue.  I've heard tell of coins toning in their slabs, and though I'm not speaking authoritatively here, I really doubt encapsulated magazines are absolutely airtight.  If I'm wrong, all the better and if hanging one of these beauties I'd be far more concerned about protection from light.  And believe you me, I will be hanging some graded BTC mags once I build my signature campaign castle.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

There's been a couple of comments concerning hanging encapsulated comics or magazines on the wall which got me wondering what sort of UV filtering these holders have to prevent the cover fading over time which would in effect change the overall grading of the magazine/comic?

   Good point...I ordered them with  (OP-3 Acrylic) 98% UV Protection versions.

   And no I would not hang them anywhere near sunlight either...I love the dark and my pieces will be in a dark room with artificial light.

I decided not to edit my last post but to make a new one so people might be more likely to read it, so don't crucify me for consecuposting.

Just for yucks I was browsing the CGC forum and came across this thread in which the topic of UV light causing graded magazines/comics to fade is discussed.  Apparently the CGC slabs don't offer much protection against UV damage, and a number of posters suggested hanging a replica on the wall while keeping the graded item stored away in the dark. 

Damn that seems silly to me, and I haven't researched enough to figure out why CGC doesn't use UV-resistant slabs when manufacturers like BCW and whatever brand Timelord2067 is using do make them.  Anyway, this was all news to me and I'm not sure if it's widely known in this section (I'm not exactly a frequent flyer here) but I wanted to share how unprotected CGC slabs are from light.  Thankfully I'll be residing in the dungeon of the sig campaign castle where there will be scant light and only an enormous dehumidifier needed to allow me to adorn the walls with beautiful graded publications.

[krogothmanhattan]

  I finally received some more custom made protectors as follows...It was long overdue to make one for my Bitbills collection. Just note i did not remove the protective covering from the back. This is all transparent once it is removed. Someday these will decorate my citadel walls. But for now I took them out of bank vault just to see how they fit and back into vault they went back for safety. 



 

[SatsLife]

These are awesome! Thanks for sharing.

How much are the cases? I'd like one for each of those mags too. Newsweek, 1988, and #1 bitcoin mag.

[krogothmanhattan]

These are awesome! Thanks for sharing.

How much are the cases? I'd like one for each of those mags too. Newsweek, 1988, and #1 bitcoin mag.

  I believe they come out to around $37 each for the mags....but best to send them an email with measurements and the type of encasing you want. They are worth every penny in protecting your collectable rarities. Very small price to pay IMO