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My research on ideal slab storage methods- a lengthy but comprehensive read....
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I can attest to the part below. I had done this with a HC Overstreet Price Guide. Not a high dollar item but it does happen. Good post and research.

 

"storing a book with the spine up may cause the text to pull out of the binding due to its weight"

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Great post, newshane.

 

I did lots of research on the subject about 10 years ago. Here's what I concluded works best for me...

 

Open wood shelves (not closed cabinets), flat stacks, bags and mylars. (thumbs u

(Climate-controlled, ventilated, none on the floor, security system, video cameras, etc.) lol

 

storageslabs1.jpg

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Great post, newshane.

 

I did lots of research on the subject about 10 years ago. Here's what I concluded works best for me...

 

Open wood shelves (not closed cabinets), flat stacks, bags and mylars. (thumbs u

(Climate-controlled, ventilated, none on the floor, security system, video cameras, etc.) lol

 

storageslabs1.jpg

 

How many of those are CEARs?

 

lol

 

But seriously, how many?

 

 

 

-slym

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Since we're on the subject, can anybody recommend a fire proof filing cabinet that can store slabs in it?

 

:gossip: Two words. Rusty staples

 

Maybe, maybe not. Mine have been in a fire proof safe for 5 years with no signs whatsoever of anything like that. Of course, I regularly open the safe and have about 10 pounds of silicate crystals in the bottom of it.

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Since we're on the subject, can anybody recommend a fire proof filing cabinet that can store slabs in it?

 

:gossip: Two words. Rusty staples

 

Yep. I wouldn't risk it. Stay away from "fire-proof" storage.

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Since we're on the subject, can anybody recommend a fire proof filing cabinet that can store slabs in it?

 

:gossip: Two words. Rusty staples

 

Maybe, maybe not. Mine have been in a fire proof safe for 5 years with no signs whatsoever of anything like that. Of course, I regularly open the safe and have about 10 pounds of silicate crystals in the bottom of it.

 

Cool. It's something I'm still looking into and not really in a rush right now. If I did have a safe it would be opened regularly in a climate controlled area. It's just the thought of losing another collection to a disaster such as a fire again makes me shutter.

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