Big glass plate negative storage solution

[Ales']

Hi, Im about to order a 14x20inch wet plate camera.
How do I do store such big negative safely?
Do I need to build/order wooden box to store them vertical?

 

[koraks]

Once the plates are dry, it doesn't matter whether in which orientation they are stored. As long as they cannot rattle around. 14x20" is pretty big; breaks easily.
For transportation of still-wet plates vertical would be nice...but I doubt it's really necessary to consider this use-case since collodion plates dry quickly anyway. So I'd just wait until they're dry before boxing them up.
A box might be nice, but is not strictly necessary. You could also fold the plates into a suitable packaging material (e.g. a suitable kind of foam) together with a rigid support (e.g. two pieces of plywood).

 

[Vaughn]

Or you can do what they did back in the days of old. Figure out how many prints from a glass plate negative they could possibly sell, print that many, then scrap off the emulsion of the glass for re-use!

Might reduce any storage issues...