Sunlight Good for Cards?

[drc]

It might lighten them up in that it fades away the ink.

Litho cards fade in sunlight, though, luckily, slowly. Not a recommended practice.

[FrankWakefield]

What David said...


Sunlight is good for cards if you want to fade them. Same with fluorescent lighting. Those slabbed cards displayed in dens and rec rooms will gradually fade, unless someone's put in special lighting or filter tubes over the fluorescent bulbs.

[Bilko G]

this is the craziest thing ive ever heard. Direct sunlight is bad for any type of collectible.

[SetBuilder]

I keep mine in a dark cigar humidor. Helps kill the mold.

[DaveW]

Originally Posted by Bilko G

this is the craziest thing ive ever heard. Direct sunlight is bad for any type of collectible.

Except for collectible cactus

[drc]

I was going to joke that you should microwave your cards to kill mold, but feared someone was thinking I was being serious.

[Anthony S.]

If the player depicted on the card was Vitamin D deficient, it could help.

[kmac32]

Stick them in a tanning bed. We all look better with skin cancer!

[T206DK]

LOL, continued exposure to even indirect sunlight will degrade prewar cards.

[birdman42]

Originally Posted by Anthony S.

If the player depicted on the card was Vitamin D deficient, it could help.

That would be this guy, right?