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

[g_vezina_c55]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

Who is Julie Vognar?

i dont know julie personnaly but i bought a C57 george vezina hockey card from this girl in 2006 i think ....
The vezina was graded 1.5 when i bought it from Julie... i cracked it and re-submit it to psa...
Back with a PSA 4 MK

[Runscott]

Julie is/was? an interesting collector who we had a lot of fun discussing stuff with for years. I never met her, but curiously, I made a friend shortly after arriving in Seattle, who was about Julie's age, from the same town, same background, and looked and acted like I imagined Julie would.

This damned thread has jinxed me

Yesterday I took out two old framed photos that had been 'safely' at the bottom of a box of cabinet photos, and found that one of them had a bumpy 'near break' in the image . How the heck did that happen? Answer: the hanging mechanism in the other one had jammed through the back - right through the stiff board backing - and into the back of the photo of the other, which I thought was safely protected behind glass.

Happy ending - I removed both photos fro their frames and was able to 'spoon out' the bump

[Zach Wheat]

Same concept but slightly different story....I had purchased a T206 Cy Young from a board member. Received package at work, was in the middle of the day and I was very busy, started to open it, got distracted and some how managed to throw the card out with the packaging. Kept the box though.

In existence for over a hundred years but get it in my paws for a few minutes and look at the damage I can do.....still regret it and I have not purchased another Young to replace it.

Z Wheat

[smrtn240]

I'm sure it will pass... but will take some time.
Brooks looked too happy on that card anyway

[jonincleve]

i use a small bandsaw, i cut the edges right at the glue mark. as far from the card as i can be. slice off all four sides and the slab just comes apart. i used to 'crack' the case but came REAL close to ruining a 56 clemente. the holder broke across the flip.

[deadballfreaK]

On a related note have you ever screwed up a card because the seller went way overboard on shipping with tape and whatever and you can't get the damn thing open? I got so frustrated with one that I got carried away with a razor knife and slashed the card. Fortunately it wasn't high dollar.

[t206hound]

Originally Posted by deadballfreaK

On a related note have you ever screwed up a card because the seller went way overboard on shipping with tape and whatever and you can't get the damn thing open? I got so frustrated with one that I got carried away with a razor knife and slashed the card. Fortunately it wasn't high dollar.

I've never actually had a problem, but it definitely concerns me. I always use (blue) painter's tape. Holds adequately and easy to peel off.

[JeremyW]

Originally Posted by deadballfreaK

On a related note have you ever screwed up a card because the seller went way overboard on shipping with tape and whatever and you can't get the damn thing open? I got so frustrated with one that I got carried away with a razor knife and slashed the card. Fortunately it wasn't high dollar.

I've never damaged a card yet, but I've had to tell myself to slow down a few times.