[loubrown]

I recently posted about a recent find. At the time, we had not yet finalized the deal. Now that they belong to me, I need to decide the best route to go. Most of the M116's are mounted on a piece of cardboard. I'm guessing that they were at some point put on a poster and put on the wall. Someone along the way cut the poster board down to card size (and for the most part did not nick any of the cards - except of course the Matty ugh). I can either leave them attached to the piece of posterboard or remove the poster board which removes about 20% of the back. I believe it is newer glue that was used on these. It seems quite firm. I did try to soak one and it didn't go well. I may have tried to remove the backing too early. I assume with the backing removed and the paper loss on the back, they will grade out as A or 1's. The cards are between 2's and 5's otherwise - with the Cobb being the nicest one. I've seen older grades with as mush paper loss and they were given a numerical grade. Not sure about the current grading (I would likely send to SGC). I've included pics of the Cobb front, the Cobb back (with poster board backing) and the one back where I removed the posted board piece. Looking for opinions on whether or not to remove the cardboard. Kind of assuming that I would need to to get it graded/encapsulated.