Comic collector questions10013

Originally Posted by esaravo
@Comicninja0215 - Welcome to the CBCS forums, Nick. Regarding temperature, if you are comfortable, then your books are comfortable. I seriously doubt that a few hours now and then in the low 80's would hurt you or your collection. I have owned some books for over 40 years and over that time period they have probably had to endure a few days every now and then in the 80's (sometimes even high 80's). I am happy to tell you that they survived and many have come back from grading with high grades and white pages (but not all of them). It sounds like you are taking good care of your collection.

Originally Posted by Comicninja0215
Ty so much!! I've been pretty lucky with my wife understanding about my hobby. I've also been pretty lucky that she hasn't thrown them out yet lol. On a serious note, that's the best I can do with my current situation so im just trying to go with it. Last winter I moved them into our family room downstairs and well it was just a little too humid there. Maybe in time I can rectify that.
Hopefully your situation changes and you can have a room to store your books in! Good luck and ty again.

Originally Posted by DWeeB1967
Welcome to the forum, @Comicninja0215. As you seem to know, and as folks here have mentioned, cooler is better. With that said, I doubt you'll see any negative impact to storing your comics in your room.

Originally Posted by sportshort
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Originally Posted by Comicninja0215
Hey everyone! My name is nick and im brand new here. I started collecting again about 3 and a half years ago so i joined CBCS to help get some books graded (cheaper rhan those other guys) and ask some new collector questions.


I keep my books in my bedroom year round, i have a fan and A/C in there with them . Sometimes however the temp cant get a bit high (out of the normal range) . The highest i have ver seen my gauge is 82 degrees Fahrenheit. They are never kept at this range for longer than a short time and this isnt year round. The average range is 70 to 77. My question is how bad will this ompact my books over time and will i risk more damage to them by having them in my room? All of my silver age books are mylar as well as my more current books. Thanks everyone for accepting me and om very much looking forward to your feedback!

P.s i couldnt gwt anything out of anyone on the CGC boards hehe.

Welcome to the forums. I have been collecting off and on (mostly off) since 1976. But have only had a very small number of books graded, probably 11 or so. I live in the desert in Southern California and have always kept my books in my garage, probably the worst place you can keep them, but I have no choice as my wife wouldn't understand if I moved them into the house.to your question, temperatures should be between 65 and 72 degrees Relative humidity should be between 40 and 55 percent. Even though your temps and humidity may not be ideal, it is way better than mine. while people have 1940's books with white pages all of my 70's and 80's books are off white due to the temperatures here. I would be glad if I had your situation for my books (except the comics in bedroom part) so, Congrats.

Originally Posted by Jabberwookie
@Comicninja0215

Hey, Welcome aboard! I just joined last week for pretty much the same reasons. I hope we'll get to hear/ see some of your collections.

Originally Posted by DrWatson
I have always understood that light is worse than heat.

Originally Posted by Jabberwookie
This might have already been mentioned, so apologies if this treading over old ground, but the era of comics matters, too, right?

Golden, Silver and Bronze age can turn off-white yellow easier than most moderns because of paper quality. Some of the new ones would have to be in a kiln to change page color.

Originally Posted by DrWatson
I have always understood that light is worse than heat.