Photo slabbing/authentication

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

9. As I have not physically handled them: do the PSA and Beckett slabs provide better protection for photos than say an album page with an acid-free comic book or magazine board behind the picture? That is how I store mine now but for certain photos I'd be willing to go with a holder instead.

To me, the PSA holders appear to provide better protection than the 'album page/comic book board' set up you describe. For that reason, I leave most of my slabbed photos in their slabs, unless they are going to be framed. All but a few of my photos are non-slabbed and currently residing in top-loaders.

Any day I will be making a trip to the art store to buy mylar sleeves, and plan to put the sleeved photos back into the top-loaders. I like the idea of using comic book boards, except that I can't see the backs of the photos.