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genuine_article_comics Posts: 44
4/7/2016
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Just a quick question guys.
What is the plastic sleeve the comic sits in when slabbed? I'm not talking about the hard outer case but the sleeve the outer case protects. Is that sleeve mylar or poly or something else?
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BburgDaddy-o Posts: 22
4/12/2016
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May be a dumb question, but does cracking the slab in any way affect the CGC grade or lessen potential value if sold with slab having been cracked open at some time?
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genuine_article_comics Posts: 44
4/12/2016
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BburgDaddy-o wrote:
May be a dumb question, but does cracking the slab in any way affect the CGC grade or lessen potential value if sold with slab having been cracked open at some time?
Thanks Ox! Happy to hear that.
BburgDaddy-o: Not a dumb question at all. I believe it does and will impact the price I can get if I sell the comic. A slabbed book, for the most part, guarantees a higher sale value because the general perception is slabbed books are graded accurately or more objectively than the owner whose selling the non-slabbed book. For me, I don't care about that because I am not selling my collection any time soon or ever.
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Oxbladder Posts: 487
4/12/2016
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BburgDaddy-o wrote:
May be a dumb question, but does cracking the slab in any way affect the CGC grade or lessen potential value if sold with slab having been cracked open at some time?
As mentioned in the previous post it will affect the value. If you plan on selling a slab down the road it is best to keep it in the slab. If it is staying in your collection then having it slabbed is not necessary. Though it could facilitate your heir best market value should you pass on (or you should you wish to sell before your demise).
There are pluses and minuses both ways and thus it is completely up to each collector what they do. Heck who's to say that slabbed books will continue to command a premium? The foundations all the companies stand upon are fairly shaky.
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Oxbladder Posts: 487
12/5/2016
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I was reading on the CBCS forum that they may not make such reslabbing claims any more. To answer your question more directly, in theory, no, there should be no risk of damage from "spent" microchamber paper. Like the buffered backing boards from Gerber the paper should be inert even when it's buffering capacity is done.
Now I don't know if there is any risk to books once the paper is spent and if you choose not to reholder the them. I do know that CBCS doesn't use microchamber paper at all so, if stored in a good environment, I doubt there is much worry from off-gassing. There could be problems if the environment is not ideal ... but that goes for books in any storage device.
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