Box Clutter arrgh!!!

[jansen]

Hello fellow collectors

I am so tempted to throw away all my boxes, is this such a bad idea?

I mean I got my wardrobe stuffed with bowen
and dont get me started with the gigantic sideshow boxes...

I know some members here keep them in storage, but personally I don't really want to pay for that.

Do any of you throw them out?

Not me...

[Rocket]

I have over 200 Bowen items and let me tell you, I have often struggled with what to do with the boxes. I don't want to throw them out, I don't want to clutter my closets, and displaying them them seems kinda superfluous....Currently they are just everywhere....

They are just scattered throughout the house right now For example:

[vernumortho]

that is a dilemma for all of us...goodluck with yours, i for one also display some of my boxes.lol

[riteguytu]

The inclusion of boxes often affects the retail value of the pieces, particularly in these times where recasts are common.
A piece with no box can cut off as much as 80% of a statue's value...And then there's the issue of protection when ur moving house...

You can be creative with box storage;I currently keep them in larger cardboard packing boxes in the loft. The rest are neatly arranged under the beds in the house .
There was a time also,I used them as risers for the statues within the statue display( I covered them with white cloth/cardboard...)

[mwf6171]

Originally Posted by Rocket

I have over 200 Bowen items and let me tell you, I have often struggled with what to do with the boxes. I don't want to throw them out, I don't want to clutter my closets, and displaying them them seems kinda superfluous....Currently they are just everywhere....

They are just scattered throughout the house right now For example:

Damn Rodney, that is crazy!!

[CessnaDriver]

Originally Posted by jansen

Hello fellow collectors

I am so tempted to throw away all my boxes, is this such a bad idea?

I mean I got my wardrobe stuffed with bowen
and dont get me started with the gigantic sideshow boxes...

I know some members here keep them in storage, but personally I don't really want to pay for that.

Do any of you throw them out?

Look if I had the space sure, I would keep it all.
But as the collection grows, it simply becomes impractical or impossible to keep all that foam.

It's not the boxes, it's the foam.

So I keep the foam for special statues. And chuck the rest and fold the boxes flat now.

NO point in putting them in storage. You just spending a fortune and there is no advantage to protecting the value of the collection, you just spent a massive amount more then you would ever lose by throwing out foam.

[CessnaDriver]

PS

Enjoy the statues, display them, life is too short to obsess over protecting value on things that are not exactly going to be enough to be your retirement fund.

[theguru1]

I still have all my boxes, stored away in the back shed.
Yes it is a bit tempting to get rid of it all and save the space, I guess it just comes down to if you ever plan to move or sell any of it.
The boxes don't just protect the value, they protect the statue as well

[RichBamf]

Originally Posted by Rocket

I have over 200 Bowen items and let me tell you, I have often struggled with what to do with the boxes. I don't want to throw them out, I don't want to clutter my closets, and displaying them them seems kinda superfluous....Currently they are just everywhere....

They are just scattered throughout the house right now For example:

...and I thought I was bad...

Seriously though...I store mine in other peoples houses...loft space they're not using becomes MY space