Sad - my card fell apart!

[Vintagedeputy]

Just got a call from SGC. I submitted a rough (but what I thought was intact) Spalding H818 baseball player. The card had a hard life; bat broken off, glued to a scrapbook page so huge paper loss on the back, big crease across the bottom of the legs, etc.

Well, they said that after very minimal handling, the bottom fell off. My options were a very small piece of tape on the rear and encapsulation, or have it returned raw and unencapsulated (Is that even a word?).

I opted for the tape. It’s a PC card anyway and was not going to get better than an A grade, so what’s a small piece of tape on the back?

Still sad though…

[ocjack]

Hopefully they used an archival tape that won't yellow, stain or get brittle with age.

[christopher.herman]

"Consider the stars. Among them are no passions, no wars. They know neither love nor hatred. Did man but emulate the stars, would not his soul become clear and radiant as they are? But man's spirit draws him like a moth to the ephemera of this world, and in their heat he is consumed entire"

Sarah Monette, Mélusine (Doctrine of Labyrinths, #1)

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

Just got a call from SGC. I submitted a rough (but what I thought was intact) Spalding H818 baseball player. The card had a hard life; bat broken off, glued to a scrapbook page so huge paper loss on the back, big crease across the bottom of the legs, etc.

Well, they said that after very minimal handling, the bottom fell off. My options were a very small piece of tape on the rear and encapsulation, or have it returned raw and unencapsulated (Is that even a word?).

I opted for the tape. It’s a PC card anyway and was not going to get better than an A grade, so what’s a small piece of tape on the back?

Still sad though…

Sorry to hear that but good call and nice piece

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by ocjack

Hopefully they used an archival tape that won't yellow, stain or get brittle with age.

The customer service guy didn’t have much info on the tape but he assured me that it’s not the first time they’ve had to use this fix.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Sorry to hear that but good call and nice piece

Thanks. Appreciate that.

[jingram058]

Sorry to hear it came apart. However, it is a really nice card anyhow.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by christopher.herman

"Consider the stars. Among them are no passions, no wars. They know neither love nor hatred. Did man but emulate the stars, would not his soul become clear and radiant as they are? But man's spirit draws him like a moth to the ephemera of this world, and in their heat he is consumed entire"

Sarah Monette, Mélusine (Doctrine of Labyrinths, #1)

I'm going to think of this quote every time I see a Luka Doncic Super Refractor sell for 6 figures.