>be me>a hardcore art collector with over 1,000 comic book slabs (all 9.8s)>a future multi-millionaire in comic book valuation>museums and chinese moguls will one day bid each other for my archive>people might even pay for admission to browse them.>TFW it came back as a 9.6 instead of a 9.8>actually want to read one but can't risk it losing a full grade if I crack it and reslab it, thereby losing 50 % of its value.>can't leave it out for decoration or else it will receive sun damage >I am not a collector. I am an inheritor shepherding the comic book artform to their final destination.>the burden and responsibility only a few are equipped to handle>receive little praise, only mockery and derision for my endeavorsThe seethe is immense, but we take it because we must.
>>153534053I'd slab some of my favorite covers but it's pretty expensive for basically a $10 cover.
>>153534053I own only one slab, and it's a broken 9.8 Action Comics #991 that I got for free in a Whatnot giveaway.
>>153534053A while back I was at a comic shop, and one of the employees/managers in charge of evaluating collections was super shitty to someone who brought in some slabbed books to sell.>Oh, you brought THESE?>Standards for graded books have changed>They're sun damaged, you can tell by this I'd like to get some books slabbed, but I can tell that there's always going to be some kind of bullshit to tell you it's a waste of money and worthless, so a shop can sell it to a prospector.
>>153534053>That glaring sunlight on the stacks in front of an open window
OP is riffing on this >>153517971 post but then again people who slab comic books because they think they're an investment probably deserve at least a little mockery. Like goddamn. Look at those towers. And the bed. The more I look at this the worse it gets.
>>153534053Horrible.
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