should I be worried ??????????????????????

BassPro77 · March 12, 2008 8:29AM

Heres the story. I live in England and I have movers comming tomorrow to ship my stuff to Florida. I got into PSA about 6 months ago and have about 60 of them. Should I worry about them cracking, warping or any thing because of climate changes, and storage in warm humid weather? About 90% are 58 topps, 8% are 60 Fleer, and 2% 59 Topps. As of now I have them in a wooden foot locker along with 8 binders full of cards.

ANY IDEAS??????????????????????????? What are your thoughts??????????????

thanks

mrguby · March 12, 2008 8:33AM

they are fine just do it .i live in orlando send them to my house lol

Allen · March 12, 2008 8:40AM

You have to slowly adjust them to a new climate. I suggest moving to New England and slowly working your way down the east coast, living in each city for about 2 months.

crbatt · March 12, 2008 8:41AM

I wouldn't worry about it... they'll be fine.

SDSportsFan · March 12, 2008 8:48AM

Honestly Bill, I'd be more concerned about the movers breaking/losing/etc... the cards than I would about climate changes hurting them.

I am soooo glad I'm done with all that PCS stuff

I've never had anything lost or stolen, thank God...but I have had items broken

I did have one 3' x 3' x 3' box lost temporarily on my last move from Montana to Texas in 2004, but the movers found it about a month later and shipped it to me. The one thing I did whenever I was PCSing, was to carry all the high-value stuff I could with me (or mail it to my new address ahead of time). That way, there were no worries whatsoever about some crazy moving company doing anything "funny" with them.

Whatever you do, good luck with the move, and welcome back to the States

Steve

BassPro77 · March 12, 2008 8:53AM

<< <i>Honestly Bill, I'd be more concerned about the movers breaking/losing/etc... the cards than I would about climate changes hurting them.

I am soooo glad I'm done with all that PCS stuff

I've never had anything lost or stolen, thank God...but I have had items broken

I did have one 3' x 3' x 3' box lost temporarily on my last move from Montana to Texas in 2004, but the movers found it about a month later and shipped it to me. The one thing I did whenever I was PCSing, was to carry all the high-value stuff I could with me (or mail it to my new address ahead of time). That way, there were no worries whatsoever about some crazy moving company doing anything "funny" with them.

Whatever you do, good luck with the move, and welcome back to the States

Steve >>

I don't think the English care about are base ball, but just incase I put a lock on the locker so they will never know.

CDsNuts · March 12, 2008 8:54AM

Allen- that response is ridiculous. No one is going to move every two months to keep their cards safe. A more reasonable option would be to build a temperature controlled chamber and increase the temperature by half a degree every 3 weeks. It might be a good idea to take the cards out once a day and walk them around the neighboorhood in a wagon to get them acclimated to their new environment.

torc · March 12, 2008 8:56AM

<< <i>Heres the story. I live in England and I have movers comming tomorrow to ship my stuff to Florida. I got into PSA about 6 months ago and have about 60 of them. Should I worry about them cracking, warping or any thing because of climate changes, and storage in warm humid weather? About 90% are 58 topps, 8% are 60 Fleer, and 2% 59 Topps. As of now I have them in a wooden foot locker along with 8 binders full of cards.

ANY IDEAS??????????????????????????? What are your thoughts??????????????

thanks >>

Not anymore than Floridians would have to worry about your damp, foggy wet weather

They will be just fine

F1ferrari · March 12, 2008 8:57AM

As long as the temperature change isn't all that sudden, the cases should be fine. It's like acclimatising a guitar to a cold/warm weather change. When I've bought guitars in the winter, I'll bring them in the house, still in the packaging, and not touch them for 6-8 hours before opening them. That keeps the wood (or in the case of your cards, the plastic) from changing temperatures too fast, and cracking.

Kiko · March 12, 2008 10:27AM

i moved from London back to the States last summer. No way in hell I'd let the movers touch them..Take them in your carry on bag on the plane. I would do it no other way.

HighChopper · March 12, 2008 11:54AM

Ship in a large cigar humidor.

Hygrometer reading should be around 70.

bsidegrve · March 12, 2008 5:01PM

<< <i>You have to slowly adjust them to a new climate. I suggest moving to New England and slowly working your way down the east coast, living in each city for about 2 months. >>

Thats Great! lol

nightcrawler · March 12, 2008 5:30PM

I've been concerned about this kind of thing. If I was to forget a vintage card outside in the truck during the winter, I'm sure some kind of sweating would occur if it was brought into the house, you know... from -30f to +70f (-35c to +20c). I'm not sure about all the causes surface wrinkling in the vintage cards, but I'm willing to bet, frost can do it. Crossing the Atlantic from Britain to Florida will expose them to extremes on both ends of the scale, air or sea. But, ya gotta do what you gotta do, I'm sure your cards have already been subjected to all the ranges of temperature several times over.

This thread makes me wonder how much protection the PSA slab has???

TNTonPMS · March 12, 2008 10:21PM

I noticed you said shipping , do you mean that in the litteral term , or will your stuff be put on an airplane ?

I also noticed you said you're packing the cards in a wooden
foot locker, I had a friend that moved from overseas and he said the US prohibits the importation of goods packed in solid timber packing material

I have no idea why , but I think it has to do with bugs and stuff that can make homes in them, I would check with your shipping agent on that for sure .

Either way , I really don't think you should have to worry about much , You might want to wrap the stuff in heavy cardboard and try not to use plastic to wrap anything because plastic can retain moisture .

I know people often ship animals on airplanes so I don't think the tempurature is severely different in the cargo holds of airplanes .

I wish you the best of luck with your move , I'm sure everything will be fine .

clydecoolidge · March 12, 2008 11:28PM

<< <i>You have to slowly adjust them to a new climate. I suggest moving to New England and slowly working your way down the east coast, living in each city for about 2 months. >>

DABIGYANKEEMAN · March 12, 2008 11:34PM

Just remove all the cards, wrap them in rubber bands, and throw them in a briefcase which you can carry around so you know the cards are safe! Throw in some of those little pouches that you can get inside a beef jerky bag that will keep them fresh!

and5zac · March 13, 2008 1:11AM

I don't think the change would affect them.I would just make sure they were secure in shipping.Good luck with the move.

Lou

MPeter · March 13, 2008 1:25AM

Carry half with you and half in the container. That way you won't lose your entire collection when the shipping container falls off the top of a ship and floats up to Norway in the ocean currents!!!

DABIGYANKEEMAN · March 13, 2008 6:48AM

60 PSA cards dont take up that much space, I would take all of them, or at least the most valuable half of them and put them in a really good briefcase-like case made by the Pelican company. You can get them in different sizes, a nice one is the length and width of a briefcase but taller (deeper).

They are totally waterproof, and super strong, and assuming you are flying, you can use it as a carry-on. I live in south Florida and have two of them, one of which i put my most valuable cards in if i know a hurricane is coming.

should I be worried ??????????????????????

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