What is "foxing" on a card
tombo
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I have seen that term used occasionally and am not really sure what it means. Usually, it has to do with the back of a card.
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WTB: 2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars Longevity: Ryan Jensen #/25
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Once your stuff gets infected, you might as well burn it.
Postcard collectors who buy online need to be especially
cautious. MANY times a very old card will seem cheap.
When you receive the card, it will have foxing all over it.
NEVER buy paper with foxing on it. UNLESS someone offers
you the US Constitution, or the Declaration of Independence,
or some similar historical document.
Money spent on cards/paper with foxing on them is usually
dead money.
With vintage comics, foxing is often present in some degree, it is not a desirable thing but light foxing/spotting hardly kills a book.
The Lamont Larson books, one of the most desirable pedigrees, has many issues that exhibit some degree of foxing.
desirable thing but light foxing/spotting hardly kills a book."
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I am sure that is the case.
In some collectible categories, it renders the item virtually worthless.
I have postcards that should be worth $100+ each, that exhibit light
to moderate foxing; sophisticated buyers will not pay $1.00 for them.
Foxing is "alive." Paper with foxing emits both a strong/moderate odor,
and a gas. Its adverse effects on childrens' pulmonary/respiratory systems
are of concern. Handling foxy items and not thoroughly washing your hands
afterwards, can cause severe skin and eye irritation.
Items that are foxed should never be stored next to clean items. The
"chemical reaction disease" is contagious.
It is nasty stuff, and a foxed item has to be SUPER rare for me to want to
even touch it.
<< <i>"With vintage comics, foxing is often present in some degree, it is not a
desirable thing but light foxing/spotting hardly kills a book."
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I am sure that is the case.
In some collectible categories, it renders the item virtually worthless.
I have postcards that should be worth $100+ each, that exhibit light
to moderate foxing; sophisticated buyers will not pay $1.00 for them.
Foxing is "alive." Paper with foxing emits both a strong/moderate odor,
and a gas. Its adverse effects on childrens' pulmonary/respiratory systems
are of concern. Handling foxy items and not thoroughly washing your hands
afterwards, can cause severe skin and eye irritation.
Items that are foxed should never be stored next to clean items. The
"chemical reaction disease" is contagious.
It is nasty stuff, and a foxed item has to be SUPER rare for me to want to
even touch it. >>
Storm, you are scaring the bejesus out of me.
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Be afraid; be VERY afraid.
BUT, if you can buy a copy of the Declaration of Independence
for cheap, go ahead and forget your fears.
WTB: 2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars Longevity: Ryan Jensen #/25
Avoiding it developing is quite easy, don't keep your (whatever paper collectibles) in an environment too moist.
But then, hot dry attics are none too good either (brittle, crumbling effects.)
The best of all possible storage conditions is cool, dry and dark, and consistently so (no wide temperature swings.)
Interesting the notion that foxing kills a postcard (for example.) It won't do that to a comic - but if a comic is dried out and brittle (the opposite of foxing) - to the point where it crumbles in your hand - for 99.9% of all titles it's unsaleable. Action #1 might be an exception.
Then again, I don't have any cards earlier than the 50s. "
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Based ONLY on my personal experience, I would say that
foxing is not common on trading cards.
Most experts seem to agree that foxing is primarily an element
of acid content in the paper and its reaction to the environment.
High-end "acid-free" paper that is used in many/most of the
modern trading-cards is less likely to become sick. Acid-heavy
paper- cheap dictonaries and early comics - is the most
vulnerable.
Always use the highest-quality storage products. Keep the
card-binders OFF the floor of the closet. Humidity will often
accelerate the disease.
Coin collectors use the acidic-elements of paper to produce
"toned" silver coins. Depending on the acid content of an
envelope or a napkin (Taco-Bell), toning is delayed or
accelerated.
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