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[Republicaninmass]

Your family will thank you for cracking the slabs. Upon sale, again we only rent these artifacts, likely they will sell for less, or be reslabbed.


Money losing proposition, regardless of ones ego

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

Your family will thank you for cracking the slabs. Upon sale, again we only rent these artifacts, likely they will sell for less, or be reslabbed.


Money losing proposition, regardless of ones ego

Who knows, someday people might stop falling for the bullshit. "It's only good if and when we say it is. And then, when we're proved wrong, well, tough shit. It was only an opinion."
And, BTW, although my family will sell when I'm gone, I don't collect for the express purpose of making the largest profit when sold. Right now my collection will sell for a shitload more than I paid for it. I'm satisfied with that. And I have the satisfaction of knowing it's well protected.

[David Atkatz]

One more thing. I store my collection (not just baseball, but historical--and quite valuable, autographs, e.g., Newton, Einstein, The Beatles, Houdini...) in a fireproof safe. It's guaranteed to keep the contents at a temperature of no more than 300º F through two hours of a 2000º F fire. Paper, mylar, baseballs, all survive unscathed at 300º. This is a ball cube after five minutes at that temperature. (And remember slabs are made of the identical plastic.)

[philo98]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

One more thing. I store my collection (not just baseball, but historical--and quite valuable, autographs, e.g., Newton, Einstein, The Beatles, Houdini...) in a fireproof safe. It's guaranteed to keep the contents at a temperature of no more than 300º F through two hours of a 2000º F fire. Paper, mylar, baseballs, all survive unscathed at 300º. This is a ball cube after five minutes at that temperature. (And remember slabs are made of the identical plastic.)

What kind of safe you have? I’ve been looking at these for about a year but still haven’t found one I like.