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Posted By: <b>Dave Hornish</b><p>OK-after much thought, I have liberated the three tobacco cards I won at auction this month from the PSA/SGC holders. They were all 2's or 3's so into my 15 pocket sheets they go! <br /><br />As for difficlulty, one of the PSA's blew apart when I cut it and I have not yet found the other chunk of it in my basement; didn't expect that! The SGC holder was more difficult to crack than I thought it would be. Eye protection is a must!<br /><br />I'm saving all the flips though...........

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>I've always taken a screwdriver or some other flat edge, wedged it in the seam of the holder, and applied gradual and increasing pressure until the two halves separated. Never had a plastic projectile coming at me.

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Posted By: <b>Al C.risafulli</b><p>It's all about the Dremel tool. I just slice vertically across the slab, underneath the flip, about halfway through the plastic. Then I insert a flat-head screwdriver into the notch I created, and pry upward. Usually this breaks the seal, and the top half of the slab pops right off. Takes a couple of seconds, but usually avoids any shattering.<br /><br />Yes, I break slabs for my raw collections, too. <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />-Al

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Posted By: <b>Dave Hornish</b><p>Surpised me too-I just used my "pair o'dikes" and had made the cut when it flew; the entire top half of the front. I'll try the Dremel next time I think.

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>Next time you might try a wire cutter on one edge and bear down hard...once it's cracked you can use a flat head screwdriver and pry down the edge the rest of the way and they pop like a charm....You only need to crack almost any holder a little (except freakin BVG- they are tanks) to do this.....

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Posted By: <b>Damian Anderson</b><p>Leon,<br /><br />You sure are right about BVG holders. Very tough SOB's. Block out a half an hour if you don't have a Dremel tool. GAI holders suck as well but not nearly as bad as Beckett. SGC's are some what of a hassle. PSA- piece of cake!<br /><br />Be Well and happy cracking,<br />Damian

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Posted By: <b>BcDaniels</b><p>show them thy way! <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br /><br><br>BcD <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>Bill Stone</b><p>Please help me understand--as I began collecting mostly prewar cards in the $20 -$200 price range I was perfectly happy, in fact, sought out ungraded cards. As I began to buy more expensive cards it appeared that there was a premium on graded cards and following the threads here it also appeared that SGC was far more respected on this board then PSA --which lead me to the final conclusion that when buying expensive prewar cards it was best to buy SGC graded cards. Is that no longer true?

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Posted By: <b>Dave</b><p>I don't think anything has changed. You still have your graded card guys here and your raw card guys here. As far as SGC being the way to go on pre-war, also a matter of opinion...There may not be as many of us here, but there are a few PSA guys around..I would still argue with anybody that when selling you'll get maximum money for PSA cards.

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Posted By: <b>peter chao</b><p>Bill,<br /><br />Here's my rule of thumb buy SGC or any other highly respected grading company card, but sell PSA.<br /><br />Let's put it this way it makes financial sense.<br /><br />Peter