Casual comic book enthusiasts read their periodicals and then toss them on the coffee table. Would a serious collector do that? Would Superman leave a chunk of kryptonite lying around the Fortress of Solitude? They turn to businesses like Bill Cole Enterprises, which sells Mylar sleeves, backing boards and other preservation supplies for paper collectibles like money, magazines, and yes, funny books.
Bill Cole, president of the Randolph, MA-based company, founded the business (http://www.bcemylar.com) 34 years ago. While comic book collectors are his main audience, he also does business with the National Archives, the Library of Congress, auction houses, paper/money collectors and dealers, magazines and postcard collectors.
In recent years, Cole has stopped producing a paper catalog, relying more on the Web and targeted direct mail efforts, including oversized postcards.
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