In regards to the safe, while they are a nice deterrent against theft, even a "fire-proof" safe can still reach somewhere between 150F-350F inside it, depending on the length of time all your other stuff outside of it is aflame. Also, the melting point of plastic is (generally) actually lower than what it takes to make cardboard catch fire. I'm assuming you have your cards slabbed if we're talking 50K of value.
With that said, I'm sure for six bucks a pop, PSA and SGC aren't exactly putting our stuff in the most melt-resistant plastic. That would be a neat experiment, actually. Call the dudes at Myth Busters.
It would be a shame for you to have the foresight to buy a safe, and then have a bunch of Shrinky-Dinks style cards after a fire. That makes me wonder, how much is a shrinky-dink PSA 6 1933 Goudey Lajoie worth? Hahahaha. Don't think I'd want to "crack that out" and resubmit.
To me, that's just another nod to have the stuff stored off-site.
Last edited by grundle20; 06-29-2011 at 04:30 PM.
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