August Pickup thread

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Forever Young

VERY VERY COOL SCOTT.. I have been in teh market for one and have yet to land one of these..and yours is OVERSIZED! Great great pickeup! Congrats! And it is not trimmed...now you have to slab it!! LOL.. seriously.. just kidding but couldn't resist.

Now that is funny. Given that I bought it framed, I was very worried that it would be trimmed, and I paid accordingly

I know it sounds like I enjoy it, but I hate to do battle with people over slabbing unless it involves crooks. Obviously, I think it was a bad move for the hobby, but I feel the same way about card slabs even though, as you pointed out, photos are not actually graded. There are people on both sides of such issues, like everything else.

[Lordstan]

A nice Gehrig Type 1. Approx 3x4 in size. Never seen a regular photo slabbed by SGC like this before. As an autograph collector as well, I love the content of him signing autos for kids.

[39special]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

A nice Gehrig Type 1. Approx 3x4 in size. Never seen a regular photo slabbed by SGC like this before. As an autograph collector as well, I love the content of him signing autos for kids.

Nice photo Mark!

[Lordstan]

Thanks Steve.

[glchen]

Is SGC starting to slab Type Photos now? The thing I don't like about PSA is that they only encapsulate 8x10's or near it. I like photos slabbed for protection also.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by glchen

Is SGC starting to slab Type Photos now? The thing I don't like about PSA is that they only encapsulate 8x10's or near it. I like photos slabbed for protection also.

For protection, I have always put mine in top-loaders, piled neatly in a closed box. The ones I want displayed, I matt and frame - they look really great that way, although I realize it's kind of out-of-fashion

[Lordstan]

Gary,
I have no idea. This the first time I have seen an SGC slabbed photo. it's smaller, so it probably sits in an Exhibit card size holder. I've always liked the black surround of the SGC holder as a contrast for cards and even this picture.

Scott,
I agree with you about slabbing. I don't care for it, and wouldn't spend my own money to do it. I bought the picture this way. I'm tempted to crack it out, but I do kinda like the way this one looks in it.