ComicsPriceGuide.com Forums - General Comic Discussion - Found tons of comics - Messages https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11127 ComicsPriceGuide.com Forums - General Comic Discussion - Found tons of comics - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Thu, 11 May 2017 08:58:16 GMT Thu, 11 May 2017 08:58:16 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11127 Message from Finley2020 Thu, 11 May 2017 08:58:16 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11127 Message from kds_comics rixmaxx wrote:
It's way too late to protect them now so, I'll take them off your hands (I'll even give you a couple bucks for them) smile

I'll give you a few more bucks than rix. Send directly to me please.]]> Tue, 02 May 2017 13:43:47 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11127 Message from Defiant1 Oxbladder wrote:
Not sure why anyone assumes that the books were in plastic tubs. All the OP said was tubs. wink


I started my sentence with "If".

Defiant1]]> Fri, 28 Apr 2017 20:47:07 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11127 Message from Defiant1 sclingerman wrote:
"it's not a musty damp environment in our attic. In the summer it's like a hot oven." - Which is bad in a different way.


Definitely!
No disagreement on that.

An attic is about the worst place anyone could pick to store comics.

Defiant1]]> Fri, 28 Apr 2017 20:36:58 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11127 Message from Robbie Oxbladder wrote:
Not sure why anyone assumes that the books were in plastic tubs. All the OP said was tubs. wink

Might have been Victorian claw foot tubs. That would make for a more interesting story.]]> Fri, 28 Apr 2017 18:25:01 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11127 Message from sclingerman
"All the OP said was tubs" - Yes, great big plastic bathtubs. Some of them come with covers to keep the hot water up to temp.]]> Fri, 28 Apr 2017 16:19:21 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11127 Message from Oxbladder ]]> Fri, 28 Apr 2017 08:39:02 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11127 Message from Defiant1 pthomas2010 wrote:
I'm just waiting for my turn to find some forgotten treasures. You hear stories just enough to let you know there are
still some out there, and there are still people ignorant of the potential value. I just haven't met any yet.
Robbie wrote:
Plastic tubs didn't exist in the early 80s...
At some point an owner must have bought the tubs (big sale at Walmart or where ever) and moved them from the cardboard boxes...

Neat discovery. smile


I guess it depends where you live. I've never seen anything that resembles mold in our attic. Heat rises and vents out, so it's not a musty damp environment in our attic. In the summer it's like a hot oven.

My collection was stored in a rental storage facility for awhile. It was on the 2nd floor and it was not temperature controlled.
I was worried about moisture, but whenever I visited it was dry and cool. Even on rainy days the concrete block walls soaked up the moisture.

Defiant1]]> Thu, 27 Apr 2017 23:44:00 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11127 Message from Finley2020 Thu, 27 Apr 2017 16:43:25 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11127 Message from sclingerman Defiant1 wrote:
If they were stored in plastic tubs in an attic, they probably smell like plastic tubs.


If they weren't sealed, there's a better chance of molds getting into the comic.
But yeah, I didn't think about the plastic breaking down into chemicals that could do damage.]]> Thu, 27 Apr 2017 15:33:40 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11127 Message from pthomas2010 still some out there, and there are still people ignorant of the potential value. I just haven't met any yet.
Robbie wrote:
Plastic tubs didn't exist in the early 80s...
At some point an owner must have bought the tubs (big sale at Walmart or where ever) and moved them from the cardboard boxes...

Neat discovery. smile
]]> Thu, 27 Apr 2017 13:16:34 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11127 Message from Defiant1
Defiant1]]> Thu, 27 Apr 2017 00:52:33 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11127 Message from Robbie At some point an owner must have bought the tubs (big sale at Walmart or where ever) and moved them from the cardboard boxes...

Neat discovery. smile]]> Tue, 25 Apr 2017 19:45:18 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11127 Message from sclingerman If so, that's better than in open attic humidity.
As you're "bagging and boarding" them, give them a sniff. If one smells moldy... keep it away from the rest of them.

Let us know what some of the titles and issue numbers are! It's always fun to share the excitement of someone's happy discovery.]]> Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:23:48 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11127 Message from rixmaxx ]]> Tue, 25 Apr 2017 07:24:38 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11127 Message from Gilgandra SRAC wrote:
So I'm a big fan of comic books but never saved any that I collected as a kid and while cleaning out this new place I found tubs filled with loose comic's from 1960 to the early 1980's. I have no idea how long they been stuck up in the rafters or who left them there. I was wondering should I start storing them properly now or is too late? Most of them look in good condition despite the way they have been stored so far. Any advise would be great.




Awesome find, Congrats!

Listen to Oxbladder, He speaks wise words.]]> Tue, 25 Apr 2017 06:28:54 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11127 Message from Oxbladder
If you have any questions as you go along feel free to ask. There are no dumb questions.]]> Tue, 25 Apr 2017 00:48:35 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=11127 Message from SRAC Mon, 24 Apr 2017 23:55:39 GMT