Laminated! Noooooo!

[JustinD]

I was on "The 'Bay" this morning and one of my saved searches brought up this awesome trade agreement for the 1952 Tigers swap of Dizzy Trout, Johnny Lipon and Hoot Evers to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Bill Wight, Walt Dropo, Fred Hatfield, Johnny Pesky and Don Lenhardt signed by Gehringer.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-major-...16.m2518.l4276

I would have very possibly grabbed it as it fits my collection. However...it's laminated!!!!

I know that in the late 80's people thought this massacre was a good idea. I consider it the same as burning it.

Does anyone have laminated items in your collection and how does it not trigger every bone of OCD and frustration?

[butchie_t]

I would have no problem overlooking the lamination. Way too cool to let that get in the way. And no OCD here when it comes to things along these lines. Better to have then to have not.

my .02.

B. T.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by butchie_t

I would have no problem overlooking the lamination. Way too cool to let that get in the way. And no OCD here when it comes to things along these lines. Better to have then to have not.

my .02.

B. T.

+1 Does not matter

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by jingram058

+1 Does not matter

I wish it was laminated but it is an amazing piece

[perezfan]

I definitely have the OCD and the lamination would bug me a lot.

It's very similar to signed baseballs that have been shellacked. I have passed on so many otherwise great autographed balls because someone back in the day shellacked the ball in an ill-advised attempt to preserve the sigs.

Often the shellac will turn dark brown or peel/flake off (frequently taking the signatures with it). Even if a shellacked ball looks decent today, there is the threat of future degradation.

I would assume that lamination remains clearer and doesn't turn brown with time. But it severely compromises the originality of the piece and I would assume it's irreversible.

[JustinD]

It's making me quite happy that there are some of you enjoying these and they are not lost to time due to the lamination.

For myself, it's just falling in the realm of a sticker auto on a card and the inability to touch the same item as the signer makes it fall out of my wheelhouse. I don't like that I can't touch the history forever incased in the laminate.

Love the feedback!

[isiahfan]

Originally Posted by JustinD

It's making me quite happy that there are some of you enjoying these and they are not lost to time due to the lamination.

For myself, it's just falling in the realm of a sticker auto on a card and the inability to touch the same item as the signer makes it fall out of my wheelhouse. I don't like that I can't touch the history forever incased in the laminate.

Love the feedback!

I was just about to say this....As an avid 68/84 Tigers and 89/90 Pistons auto collector...it drives me nuts when I see a JSA or PSA sticker adhered to a card...

no idea why anyone would do this...on any original item...

that being said if I needed something for a collection that I wasn't sure I would see again I would grab it...and then replace it if an unaltered one came my way...I have foreign stickers in my PC for Isiah that there are no known unstuck versions...so I get the one attached to the album and wait until I see an unstuck version...doubt I ill though.

for common items like cards for a modern set and such..I am also against fillers and placeholders..buy one that fits your needs...don't mess with upgrading commonly had items...but that's just me

[JollyElm]

If that was in my collecting wheelhouse, I woulda done grabbed it quick, because that would be epically cool to have, lamination or not.

[Dead-Ball-Hitter]

Originally Posted by JustinD

It's making me quite happy that there are some of you enjoying these and they are not lost to time due to the lamination.

For myself, it's just falling in the realm of a sticker auto on a card and the inability to touch the same item as the signer makes it fall out of my wheelhouse. I don't like that I can't touch the history forever incased in the laminate.

Love the feedback!

Justin I have a couple of laminated items, one that I personally did in the late 1980's! My biggest concern is: was the lamination well done? Is it pealing, has it yellowed, are there air bubbles?

One can still confirm the authenticity of a document in most cases and as long as it presents well, I'm happy. Of course, the value takes a hit, and rightly so. But for something that was done well, I don't mind at all.

[Luke]

Wouldn't bother me personally.

[JoeDfan]

I have a baseball broadside from the late 1800's that I ended up laminating; mostly because the paper was disintegrating.
It still displays ok.
That would be my last resort though.

[Supersean]

Originally Posted by JustinD

I was on "The 'Bay" this morning and one of my saved searches brought up this awesome trade agreement for the 1952 Tigers swap of Dizzy Trout, Johnny Lipon and Hoot Evers to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Bill Wight, Walt Dropo, Fred Hatfield, Johnny Pesky and Don Lenhardt signed by Gehringer.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-major-...16.m2518.l4276

I would have very possibly grabbed it as it fits my collection. However...it's laminated!!!!

I know that in the late 80's people thought this massacre was a good idea. I consider it the same as burning it.

Does anyone have laminated items in your collection and how does it not trigger every bone of OCD and frustration?

thanks for bringing this item up, i just made an offer that was accepted, I've never owned anything laminated so I can't speak to that aspect yet but its a really cool piece of baseball history as a Red Sox fan.

It looks like its signed by Cronin and Gehringer as far as I can tell which is awesome.