2026 Art Safe

I'd keep my copy of Blade Runner in there too in case Ruben decides it's his favorite movie of all time and wants to take it home with him.

Fuck! Why would you mention that to him?!? Now I'll never be able to get my hands on it when I visit in June!

Gotta keep it dessicated.

Sure, but I would've done that after I stole it from him!

That special edition must be big to need all that room, or are you including all the innumerable versions?

Good info, thanks for posting this Jeff

Great! Is it still 85 left-69 right and 4 left?

Impressive!

Good thing to think and learn about for collectors. Thanks, Jeff. 

That's a major level up of your art's safety and security for both transport and potentially daily use! Best of luck with the move, hope it all goes smoothly and you are able to enjoy your new home for many years to come!

Nice Art Fridge!

Pretty impressive that you can get most of your sizeable collection in there. Could you fit a Coker inside?

There is no safe in the world designed to hold back a Coker.  I suspect we might have to saw off a limb or two to get him in there.  He is coming up for a visit soon, I'll let you know how it works out.  

I have an amusing idea. Get a cardboard cut out of Tom and then cut it up so that it fits in the safe and send Joe Melchior a photo.

Thank you for posting Jeff! Good to know! Blade Runner can fit in the door sleeves...

I will add an updated picture with my Harrison Ford Blu-Ray, DVD, VHS, Laser disc and Betamax collection safely tucked in and away from the slimy paws of Da Collector!  

It is safe until The Hulk breaks in, grabs it and jumps off in a mighty leap, eqivalent to early Superman. You saw where I live. I rely on my two mighty beasts to protect my artwork, and the fact, as you say, that stolen art is almost impossible to sell, unless it  ends up in the dark side of the hobby where all the so called missing pages and covers languish, unseen. Lol

Wow, revelation central on your part. In your description you say, "Everyone and everything is connected." Just trying to decide whether you are talking about The Force or confirming we live in The Matrix. On another point. Two thousand pieces? I thought I had an addictive personality with just over a thousand. Guessing at that. Have at least another few hundred I never bothered putting up on the site. Guess I am too an aquatic Egyptian, living in denial. Now all you need is a museum sized house to display it all! Me too!

Your description deserves yet another comment. You took a quantum leap? That explains how you can afford all the artwork. TV residuals... You look a bit different in real life than you did on TV.

How do you fit your guns in there, with all those portfolios?

Perhaps he has stealth guns which are invisible in photos. Or he has used ant man tech and they are in the little pouches on the back door of the safe.

You know he doesnt have antman tech and I know you didnt read the description because its clear he paid people to bring this in for him. No idea on the invisiblity thing. will have to do some research.

Now where are you going to store your guns to protect the art? ;)

Thanks for posting on this, Jeff!  I agree with you that the safe is really protection against flood or fire, not theft.  In addition to the fact that stealing OA is a losing game given how hard it is to sell pieces to the collector community once word gets out that a piece has been lifted (I guess it prevents crimes of opportunity if an ignorant thief makes it into your house and sees something he likes), anyone dedicated enough to find out where you live and target your OA would probably be able to breach your safe in short order, unless it's a very expensive model.

I agree 100%.  It prevents amateur thieves from getting in but for me the fire and water protection is the most important thing.  If someone is a master  cat burglar and wants what I have, they will have it.  I have an alarm system, a video security system along with a dog and the safe.  That makes any theft very unlikely especially anyone that knows what they are looking at knows they will never be able to monotize that art again, ever.  Since others have asked, no guns in our household.  I have never owned one nor felt the need to.  

FYI, on the CGC boards there was a mention of fireproof safes having a effect on slabbed comics. Supposedly, whatever provided the fire protection might also effect the comics. 

Thank you for the comment and the private link to the board thread.  I thought I'd add my thoughts here as others who are thinking of a safe might see them.  The concern on the list was that the staples on comics would rust.  There didn't seem to be any issue with the paper.  The people that used dessicants didn't have these problems.  Fireproof safes are more air tight so more likely to trap humidity/moisture inside but otherwise nothing else about them makes them more risky than a non-fireproof safe.  Having a rechargeable dehumidifier and a monitor seem to be key.  

I used a 1200 lb fireproof safe for my comics & no rust happened, but I was in So Cal with lower humidity! 

I have just been doing the math on this and if I spent 5 seconds (peoples attention spans being woefully small in the interwebular age) looking at each piece of artwork, and you have over 2000, it would take (2000 x 5 =10000, divided by 60, as it is easier to work this out in terms of minutes, which equals nearly 167 minutes) under three hours!

Great art inside great art USA STYLE!