Storing book in safe?

[Alan Lukka]

Hi, I have a rare and somewhat expensive book that I have decicded to store
in a small fireproof, waterproof safe. I have wrapped it in plastic and have
put a few moisture absorbers (the kind you find in bottles of vitamins) in
the safe. I live in Sacramento, California. The air is dry in my house, So
I dont think any moisture will build up in the safe. Does this sound like a
good idea?

thanks

[Eric Bustad]

There is a not-too-old thread on this subject starting at
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/2002/0255.html

= Eric

[Count St. Germain]

"Alan Lukka" <alan...@innercite.com> wrote in message
news:vq04faa...@corp.supernews.com...

Sounds like a good idea. What book is it, and what is your complete street
address in Sacramento?

[David Ames]

"Count St. Germain" <sleigh...@crooked.slag> wrote in message news:<VD%nb.1221$mv2....@cletus.bright.net>...

Excuse me, but aren't you, as the Count St. Germain, supposed to be
among the Ascended Masters? If so, I don't think you need to ask the
question that you did.

David Ames

[Alan Lukka]

"Count St. Germain" <sleigh...@crooked.slag> wrote in message
news:VD%nb.1221$mv2....@cletus.bright.net...

> "Clown" St. Germain.....what a tool

[John Yamamoto-Wilson]

Count St. Germain wrote:

>>Hi, I have a rare and somewhat expensive book that I have decicded
>>to store in a small fireproof, waterproof safe. I have wrapped it in
>>plastic and have put a few moisture absorbers (the kind you find in
>>bottles of vitamins) in the safe. I live in Sacramento,
>>California. The air is dry in my house, So I dont think any
>>moisture will build up in the safe. Does this sound like
>>a good idea?

Alan Lukka replied:

> Sounds like a good idea. What book is it, and what is your
> complete street address in Sacramento?

This deserved a better response. It is debatable whether plastic bags are a
good idea or not. One school of thought has it that books need some exposure
to air. There's a rec.collecting books thread discussing the pros and cons
here: http://tinyurl.com/tpmk, and an Exlibris thread on the same subject
here:
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byform/mailing-lists/exlibris/2000/08/msg0034
8.html (click on the "next by thread" option to follow the replies).

As for storing it in a safe, I guess that's OK providing the safe is
cemented firmly in place, otherwise there's nothing to stop a thief removing
the whole thing and opening it at their leisure. But very few thieves steal
books or even suspect that they might be valuable.

A double bluff might work better; put a valueless book in the safe and leave
the valuable book on the shelf! A thief would assume the book in the safe
was the valuable one and leave the others.

--
John
http://rarebooksinjapan.com

[Cathy Krusberg]

John Yamamoto-Wilson wrote:
> Count St. Germain wrote:
>
>
>>>Hi, I have a rare and somewhat expensive book that I have decicded
>>>to store in a small fireproof, waterproof safe.

> As for storing it in a safe, I guess that's OK providing the safe is

> cemented firmly in place, otherwise there's nothing to stop a thief removing
> the whole thing and opening it at their leisure. But very few thieves steal
> books or even suspect that they might be valuable.
>
> A double bluff might work better; put a valueless book in the safe and leave
> the valuable book on the shelf! A thief would assume the book in the safe
> was the valuable one and leave the others.

But this would leave the truly valuable book vulnerable to
fire -- one of the points of keeping it in a fireproof safe.
I have a number of documents and valuables in a
fireproof safe that weighs about 200 pounds -- not
impossible to steal, but a lot of trouble for someone
who'd probably rather not linger. And I'm planning to replace
it with a lockable fireproof filing cabinet that will weigh
about twice as much -- and look even less worth stealing.

A note about documents stored in safes: They do need
airing now and then or they get a closed-in smell.

Cathy Krusberg
Internet: ckb...@ix.netcom.com

[spock...@yahoo.com]

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 20:49:04 +0900, in rec.collecting.books, "John
Yamamoto-Wilson" <johndel...@rarebooksinjapan.com> wrote:

>As for storing it in a safe, I guess that's OK providing the safe is
>cemented firmly in place, otherwise there's nothing to stop a thief removing
>the whole thing and opening it at their leisure. But very few thieves steal
>books or even suspect that they might be valuable.
>
>A double bluff might work better; put a valueless book in the safe and leave
>the valuable book on the shelf! A thief would assume the book in the safe
>was the valuable one and leave the others.

I could be wrong, but I think the original poster was more concerned about
fire and water damage than theft.