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Valued Member
United States
420 Posts |
Hello, I have a subscription to Coin World and Coin Values magazines and as more and more come in I'd like to preserve them rather than throw them out. The question is how? What can I use? I was thinking of this envelope made of plastic with a Velcro fastener.....does anyone know what I'm talking about? I know I have seen them but office supply stores don't seem to carry them. Any ideas? Thanks, Rich |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Maybe just keeping them on a large bookshelf would do the trick. Though it is true that you'd have to dust them and make sure that they stay dry...hmmm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1228 Posts |
I save the front cover of each presidential annauguration since reagan and I just leave them in the plastic bag that they come in hope this helps !
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Valued Member
United States
156 Posts |
About a decade ago, I walked into a comic book store and asked for a set of comic book sleeves. Ever since then, if I have something small and flat that I don't know what else to do with - into a sleeve it goes. 1920s-vintage map of my home town? Into a sleeve. High school diploma? Into a sleeve. Five dollar bill with HAWAII on the back? Into a sleeve. I keep them all together in an archival storage box.
I just realized something. I am not just a collector of coins and books. I also collect...
random flat things that fit in sleeves.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Buzzard has the answer (how come it feels funny typing that?).
Check to see if you have a local comic book shop or maybe even a sports card shop will have comic book sleeves. They come in a couple of different sizes.
In all honesty, you can probably get them cheaper on e-bay - I'm guessing most of them are "Buy It Nows". Just look for the cheapest ones.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
598 Posts |
What about a ziplock baggie? They come in all kinds of sizes now... and then you could throw in a desicant, descicant, dessicant....  silica dryer pack. Should be cheap and easy to find. If you don't like the printed logo on these kind of bags, alcohol will wipe it out. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I know that they make plastic pages for magazines that fit into 3-ring binders, just like 2x2 pages, only 8 1/2 x 11 pages and only room for one magazine. There are also the binders that are used in libraries, with the metal bar that goes through the middle of the magazine to hold it in, then you put all that years magazines in one binder. Some magazines even sell the binders specifically for their publication... |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I met a lady once that was in her 90's. She was a hoarder of magazines, books, pamphlets, etc. She lived in a 32 room home that was filled with that stuff. No relatives. She passes away and left her home and all belongings to the city she lived in. The city came in and used dumpsters for all the newspapers, magazines, books, etc. All were hauled away as trash. No one wanted them. Not even museums or libraries.
I used to save all my American Rifleman Magazines. Had about 30 years of them not long ago. Also, no one wanted them so out they too went. A teacher I used to know had all her text and other books saved from over 40 years of teaching. She too found out no one wanted them so she is now throwing them out.
Not meaning to be a pessimist but just why would you want to save all those? What are your plans for the future with them? And if something happens to you, is there someone that would want them?
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
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Magazines are good for references and sometimes you would want to read them again and again. You can always have it binded into a book and shelve it like an encyclopedia. My father-in-law binded all his collection of playboy magazines and it really looks like an encyclopedia in his study room. Remember binding it will loose its collectors value, if there is any. |
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Valued Member
United States
156 Posts |
The comic book sleeves that I have been using turn out to be from Avery, model PV119. They are large enough to comfortably hold multiple 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of paper, or a typical magazine. Plugging "Avery PV119" into a search engine results in a number of results from office-supply websites.
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Valued Member
 United States
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Hello,
Just Carl has a VERY good point because I asked around (family and friends) and even though these magazines are good for reference and nostalgia the reference based information will more than likely be online somewhere in the future and as far as nostalgia goes these two publications have been out longer than I have been alive so I'm sure they'll continue to be around for a while. Also, storing magazines I have already read for no "real" reason seems silly. I figure a 6 month shelf life and then I'll toss the issue unless there is something I can take from it, in which case I'll take what I can and then toss the issue. I have the coins to pass down the magazines are something my children, when I have them, can decide if they want to pursue. Preserving something like Playboy.....that is a whole different story.
Thanks,
Rich
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01/30/2009 12:59 pm
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