| Posted: 06 November 2013 at 2:53pm | IP Logged | 10
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When I was around 10 (1979) I bought into the whole "investment" thing - for about a year.
The reason I have a "collection" is that when I buy something, I tend to just keep it in good condition because I paid money for it and I want to read it again, not for any other reason. Similar, here. When I first started reading comics around age 6, I didn't really have a storage method, and they would tend to get worn. When I was 8, I met a kid who kept his comics stacked inside brown paper grocery bags. They were so smooth and shiny! Genius! By the time I was 10, I was keeping them stacked inside generic brown boxes. Then, I was somehow introduced to the idea of clear, form-fitting bags made just for storage...and boxes made for same. Then, it wouldn't be long before backing boards came into play. I had also started to buy into the notion that the comics I had would become quite valuable someday. And some did. But the majority did not. I've sold off a good deal of my collection, more than half. I still have hundreds of comics, though. Still keep them boxed, boarded and bagged...even now, on the rare occasion that I buy new ones. But now, it's for the same simple reason I started stacking them in brown grocery bags decades ago...just because I like to keep my things, and keep them nice.
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