OK, might be true, to me, to buy a slabbed book, is like. hmm, buying a laminated eggplant. makes no sense, unless its INVESTMENT, if I buy a book, and I got a lot, (LOT) I want to read the sucker,
when collecting gets to investing, its spoils it for most, and the ones who get the good stuff, dont care (as long as their whatever goes up in $) or to put it another way, MR X writes a book, manages to get it published, wants people to read it. Instead its locked in a plastic capsule - Mr Y buys it and it sits on a shelf, he hopes to make a buck. Id assume Mr X made a buck, maybe he doesnt worry, but maybe he'd like his work to be read. Dunno, I love books, and to see them go to waste is a shame to me, maybe silly,
I might be a grumpy old man, but slabbing to me, especially things like books and comics, is .. hmm.. disgraceful.