Has anyone ever custom-framed their graded cards?

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Posted By: Jared

I bought a handful of T206 HOFers with the intention of framing them for display in my den. They're graded and I don't want to crack them. I'm going to have a local frame store make a custom frame for me where the cards are arranged 3-slabs x 2-slabs so that only the cards are shown (the slabs are hidden under the matting).

Has anyone ever had this done? If so, care to share pics? Thanks!

BTW, no worries, I don't intend to loan my high-value cards to the frame shop. If they can't work with the dimensions, worst case is that I buy some graded T206 commons for placeholders.

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Posted By: Adam

If I remember correctly from some prior thread, there are some frames available at Target that people seemed to like to hold slabbed cards.

Edited to add: I imagine you could modify the matting to have it show only the card (instead of all the slab). Note also for ideas the nice custom-framed T206s in the upcoming Mastro auction, though those are not in a slab.

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Posted By: Ken McMillan

actually, if you are interested, there is a company on Ebay that makes what are called Pennozzi cases. They are cases that will hold graded cards and have a plexiglass front that opens up so you can put your cards in the case. I have one that holds my t 207 graded Cubs cards and one that will hold 30 graded yankee e121 cards. They come in black or cherry wood and look awesome.

Kmac

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Posted By: Anonymous

Per recommendation of others from the board, I too picked up some frames from Target. I think they were $20 each. The first picture below is the frame empty, as it would be on the store shelf. Next picture I threw in some cards in SGC holders. All holders will fit, though BVG holders are a little snug due to their thickness. Much cheaper than custom framing!

Rob

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Posted By: Mike Masinick

Wow, those look great! $20 eh?

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Posted By: David Goff

Target also carries a white frame and a black frame...

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Posted By: Brian Lindholme

Target...
Can't go wrong with the price and the outcome!

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Posted By: jeffdrum

OK, let me ask a really stupid question. How do you get the cards (holders) to stay, are they under glass?

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Posted By: jay wolt

Yes! They are under glass and sit in the matting openings.

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Posted By: Matt

Any picture frame for 4x6s should work, so long as the frame is deep enough to accommodate the slab depth, which is exactly what this Target frame is.

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Posted By: Robert Klevens

Jeff, your question wasn't stupid as I was wondering the same thing.
The cards look great in those frames.

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Posted By: hennessey

alittle insight to on those frames. I had to notch the back board were the clips are to make them fit easier, so the glass wouldn't shatter when you tried to re-assemble them

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Posted By: Michael Steele

I recently purchased a couple of the Target frames (in brown) and love them. There was an earlier thread on these a couple of months back and I tried them and it is impressive but they probably only work on SGC slabs as PSA/GAI (not sure on BVG) are going to be too small for the individual frames.

When I put togather my first frame, I could not get the card in the middle frame to stay as mentioned earlier in this post. The clips keep enpough pressue on the outsides but the darn middle kept slipping. I finally put an extra thin piece of cardboard behind the middle frame to add pressure and it works.

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Posted By: Trae R.

Those Target frames are amazing! $20?!

Here's some of the stuff that most of you have seen that I have done:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/traeregan/sets/72157601730755785/detail/




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Posted By: Steve

Very nice frames, but if you want the colors to last you should replace the stock glass for UV. I think it was about $20 for an 11 x 16 sheet at AC Moore last year.