I am stunned...what is the most valuable card you have cracked 'unsuccessfully'..

[Runscott]

Slightly off-topic...

I 'accidentally' pinned a pack-fresh 1970 Pete Rose card to a dart board and then accidentally hit him about 6 times with darts. I've told my negative Pete Rose stories before, but I just realized that the dart board incident was BEFORE any of the actual bad experiences with him. Karma?

[bbcard1]

I have no bad experiences to report, though in all honesty most of the slabbed cards I purchase should have never been slabbed in the first place...they are generally 1s or 2s. I will say the the Beckett slabs can be a bear to bust.

[atx840]

I was recently cracking a few low grade "rare backs" and when it was time to free the PSA 4 Chase RH, I couldn't do it. Sent it to SGC to swap the slab.

I couldn't imagine how awful that would feel after making it 100 years in that condition if I damaged it.

[deadballfreaK]

I have cracked a few and never messed up, but I can see it would be easy to do. The last one I did I came up with a new system. Cut off both ends of the holder with a chop saw. Then stuck a screwdriver in one end and it popped right open. Of course you have to be careful. Cutting off a couple of fingers would be worse than damaging a card!

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by deadballfreaK

I have cracked a few and never messed up, but I can see it would be easy to do. The last one I did I came up with a new system. Cut off both ends of the holder with a chop saw. Then stuck a screwdriver in one end and it popped right open. Of course you have to be careful. Cutting off a couple of fingers would be worse than damaging a card!

Depends on the card

[bunst]

I wonder if any of the TPG have damaged a card as part of the crossover process? Are they experts in deslabbing (word?)? Would be funny if they had a back room equipped with sledge hammers, bolt cutters, chop saws, torches & screwdrivers.

[paul]

Good question Brian. Does anyone know what technique the graders use to crack a card out of a holder? It seems like it would be hard to keep that as a secret.