Storing cards in a safe or safety deposit box?

[trainerjack]

Safes 101: An introduction to protecting your collection.

Hi all! If you’re reading this guide then that means you’ve probably started looking at, and pricing safes for your precious card collection. Some of you might even be ready to purchase a safe, but there’s a problem, there is tons of information out there and a lot of it is tremendously confusing. Fear not! The goal of this guide is to help you understand what safe protection levels are and the factors and costs that involve most safes. With that, let’s begin: UNDERSTANDING YOUR SAFE’S OBJECTI…

Cards found "wavy" inside PSA case?

Hi E4, Long time collector, and admittedly now a tad down after I found out something this morning. Any assistance would be helpful! I store most of my set PSA cards (read most non-holos, and a few holos) in a First Alert safe, model 2087DF. Ventilated like the instructions mention, every week. Getting to the point, to my horror this morning I find around 70-75% of the non-holo cards have now “waved” inside the PSA case, on some of the bad ones almost appearing bent. It is much more noticeabl…

If you’re looking for insight on a good safe as well as a horror story here are a couple threads on the matter. @silversnorlax204 has many great threads on the storage of your cards if you’re ever curious.

To really answer your question. I can see the safety element for sure and with higher ends cards I would be willing to keep them in other areas so long as I can ensure as much safety as possible at the off sight location.