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I just keep everything in a big closet!Pics in Itoyas, lps,cds just stacked.Never had a problem for years but I do check everything.
I've gone through the same exercise. While a safe may technically keep photographs from burning, the internal temperatures still get high enough to bake the photos.
A giant floor safe with the highest possible ratings would likely keep the items undamaged, but it would cost many thousands of dollars.
I think a bank safety deposit box for the very best items and collectors insurance is the way to go.
On a side note, but good to know...
There was a collector on the CGC Chat board who had a bunch of CGC 9.8 books... very valuable key issues. He keeps the slabs in a safe. After a year or two he takes the books out and notices the staples are all rusty inside the slabs. They were not rusty before obviously.
The fireproof safes are filled with some material that absorbs and releases humidity (like concrete). It created such a humid environment inside the safe that it rusted the staples on the comics within a year or two. Something to bear in mind with signed photos... could the humidity cause foxing or other damage to the photos?
I'm afraid there is no easy answer.
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