How To Mess Up Some Nice T206s - 1908 Cubs Display

[Leon]

It is interesting that the top 3 choices were almost equal.

I think having all of the cards signed and authenticated would be better. Then the slabs could get glued on with the cards in them thereby saving the cards from disaster!!

Originally Posted by Yastrzemski Sports

This is something that was clearly done by this person recently who wanted to enjoy it. Probably when the Cubs won the series. So it's been a couple of years and now they have decided they want their money back out of it. If you put glue on the cards and break them out of holders you don't get 650 for 350 worth of cards. The only way to Make some money here is to get that Zimmerman card signed.
Sorry, too soon?

[CobbSpikedMe]

I might be in the minority but I don't really like the display at all. I just don't think the composition is appealing the way the photo is on the top with the cards so close together right beneath it. I think they should've been spaced further apart and maybe go around the photo.

Even if I wasn't a collector and I was just putting this together to resell it, I wouldn't have glued the cards to the background. I would have researched different ways to adhere them and done something different. And just because the cards are low grade already doesn't mean they weren't ruined further by using glue. All around I don't like the whole thing.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Leon

It is interesting that the top 3 choices were almost equal.

I think having all of the cards signed and authenticated would be better. Then the slabs could get glued on with the cards in them thereby saving the cards from disaster!!

Just goes to show beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

[mrvster]

what backs???? some bl 460's????????

[Tao_Moko]

I don't think it would have looked any better to have 110 year old paper tobacco ads in cheap chinese plastic with laser labels and shiny holograms and 1/2" weird font numbers in the corner displayed with a team photo. In the eye of the beholder I guess. To prove that point - this painting sold for $75 million a few years ago:

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by Tao_Moko

I don't think it would have looked any better to have 110 year old paper tobacco ads in cheap chinese plastic with laser labels and shiny holograms and 1/2" weird font numbers in the corner displayed with a team photo. In the eye of the beholder I guess. To prove that point - this painting sold for $75 million a few years ago:

We have a few Rothko prints hanging in our home. Not a fan, but my wife is. Definitely in the eye of the beholder. I’ll take my Banksy works any day over Rothko. As for the display, I might have a different opinion if they weren’t glued on in a crooked pattern and it wasn’t done recently.

[Tao_Moko]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

We have a few Rothko prints hanging in our home. Not a fan, but my wife is. Definitely in the eye of the beholder. I’ll take my Banksy works any day over Rothko. As for the display, I might have a different opinion if they weren’t glued on in a crooked pattern and it wasn’t done recently.

Ah! I thought for sure Rothko would be just obscure and overpriced enough to avoid upsetting anyone here. I never argue religion or art but Rothko.......makes me break the silence. I just the other day thought of his paintings because my daughter pooped a soft mustard yellow diaper in a rectangular pattern. She "made a Rothko". I'm with you on banksy, but faith47 is gaining ground. This is actually a pretty neat thread because aside from damage and value we're talking aesthetics. Display is an important part of the hobby. The artistic value and representation of the card(artwork)preserves the history of the sport and era. It's all opinion and none are wrong as long as it doesn't shred upon my purchase.

[mr2686]

There's different ways to mount cards (magazines...whatever) like that without ruining them. The easiest for the cards would be to leave them in semi-rigid sleeves and attach the sleeve from the back of the matting (just showing the card. You can also attach some archival paper/matt to the back of each opening (again from the back) so that the card sits between the matts so that nothing but the card shows from the front. Worst thing you can do is to just glue or attach the card to the front like the example.
I might add, for those that want to try something like this, you can find many independent framing shops in your city that will just cut the matt openings for you for a reasonable price (much cheaper than aaron bros, michaels etc). Then just get an expensive but nice frame and do all the attaching of cards yourself. Cheaper and more fun that way IMHO.

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by Tao_Moko

Ah! I thought for sure Rothko would be just obscure and overpriced enough to avoid upsetting anyone here. I never argue religion or art but Rothko.......makes me break the silence. I just the other day thought of his paintings because my daughter pooped a soft mustard yellow diaper in a rectangular pattern. She "made a Rothko". I'm with you on banksy, but faith47 is gaining ground. This is actually a pretty neat thread because aside from damage and value we're talking aesthetics. Display is an important part of the hobby. The artistic value and representation of the card(artwork)preserves the history of the sport and era. It's all opinion and none are wrong as long as it doesn't shred upon my purchase.

Haha, I always compared my son’s diapers, and the occasional spray to the wall during a diaper change that went too slow, to Jackson Pollock.