Cracking open a PSA slab?

[mschwade]

If it's a valuable vintage 3x5, I would send it to PSA and pay for them to remove it and issue a Full LOA with it.

I've talked to PSA customer service previously about doing this, but have never went forward with it.

[dgo71]

Thank you both, I completely agree with your assessment Scott, nice to know I'm not out of my mind for thinking that way. And mschwade, that is a very good idea as well, I didn't realize that allowing PSA to handle it themselves was even an option. Many thanks!

[mighty bombjack]

Cracking slabs is fun. I have only done it with cards, but I'm fully prepared to do it with all of my autos when the currently-favored alphabets go the way of GAI.

[travrosty]

just bust it out of there, its no problem. you dont need psa's permission to own an autograph.

[dgo71]

Ha! Excellent answers, and mighty, I cannot WAIT for that day. I'd take the opinion of nearly any one person on this forum over a stable of PSA "experts" anyway.
Thanks!

[BigRedOne]

Ive cracked 100's of psa slabs. They are without question the easiest slab on the market to crack cleanly.


The slabs crack so clean most of the time its a shame to throw them away. I oten use them for special projects with my own custom made label.

[jgmp123]

Originally Posted by BigRedOne

Ive cracked 100's of psa slabs. They are without question the easiest slab on the market to crack cleanly.


The slabs crack so clean most of the time its a shame to throw them away. I oten use them for special projects with my own custom made label.

What do you usually use to crack them open with? special tool? it looks like there is minimal damage to the casing...