![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|
|
#1
|
||||
|
||||
![]()
Given the majority sentiment expressed on this thread, if I were SGC or PSA or BVG, I would be promoting training videos on how to most effectively crack their respective slabs. After all it's money in the bank for them. What goes around, comes around. What other industry could prosper by promoting the destruction of their product?
Let's see.......toilet paper, garbage bags, firecrackers, cigarettes, gasoline and in many cases cardboard.............oops that's what we're trying to protect. Makes sense to me. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
__________________
RAUCOUS SPORTS CARD FORUM MEMBER AND MONSTER FATHER. GOOD FOR THE HOBBY AND THE FORUM WITH A VAULT IN AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION FILLED WITH WORTHLESS NON-FUNGIBLES 274/1000 Monster Number |
#2
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Quote:
__________________
Successful transactions with: Drumback, Mart8081, Obcmac, Tonyo, markf31, gnaz01, rainier2004, EASE, Bobsbats, Craig M, TistaT202, Seiklis, Kenny Cole, T's please, Vic, marcdelpercio, poorlydrawncat, brianp-beme, mybuddyinc, Glchen, chernieto , old-baseball , Donscards, Centauri, AddieJoss, T2069bk,206fix, joe v, smokelessjoe, eggoman, botn, canjond Looking for T205's or anything Babe Ruth...email or PM me if you have any to sell. |
#3
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Quote:
Oh-oh! Now one of those touchy-feely guys is going to invent a slab that disintegrates after the sale. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Then even the flippers will be repeat customers. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
__________________
RAUCOUS SPORTS CARD FORUM MEMBER AND MONSTER FATHER. GOOD FOR THE HOBBY AND THE FORUM WITH A VAULT IN AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION FILLED WITH WORTHLESS NON-FUNGIBLES 274/1000 Monster Number |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
![]() Quote:
Oops, gotta go, my lamp just blew a bulb. |
#5
|
||||
|
||||
![]()
I'm a PSA guy, so my answer would be to leave them as is. That's just my opinion though. (Please don't let this turn into a PSA hatefest.)
Rich |
#6
|
||||
|
||||
![]()
This may sound corny but I feel as if I have somewhat of a responsibility to safeguard these small pieces of cardboard that have survived intact for a hundred years. In the past they've been owned by others and I would think in many cases by several others who have cared for them. My cards will never be in better shape then they are now, you can't undo damage however minor it might be. The best way for me preserve them and to prevent future damage is to leave them slabbed. Personally I know how bad I'd feel if I ever damaged a card when cracking it out of a case or mishandling it. Rather than a question of preserving value, to me it's more of a question of preserving the "treasure".
|
#7
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Quote:
__________________
Successful transactions with: Drumback, Mart8081, Obcmac, Tonyo, markf31, gnaz01, rainier2004, EASE, Bobsbats, Craig M, TistaT202, Seiklis, Kenny Cole, T's please, Vic, marcdelpercio, poorlydrawncat, brianp-beme, mybuddyinc, Glchen, chernieto , old-baseball , Donscards, Centauri, AddieJoss, T2069bk,206fix, joe v, smokelessjoe, eggoman, botn, canjond Looking for T205's or anything Babe Ruth...email or PM me if you have any to sell. |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
I've always collected ungraded cards.
I love the sense of antiquity that comes with touching them, they're sometimes a better bargain, and I've found that being able to flip through the pages of my T206 collection is really a pleasure. Even so, I've accumulated a hundred or so graded T206's while collecting the set. I cracked open dozens of Authentic and Poor slabs [and it felt good, too!], figuring there wasn't much, if any, money lost in liberating those, and because in many cases the grades didn't do justice to the cards. My practical side doesn't like losing money, though, so I didn't crack the 2's and better. I'll be selling/trading those off as I'm presently in the process of replacing them with ungraded cards. In the end, of course, it's to each his own. If I collected Mint cards, I'd probably want them graded. But Mint is not the allure for me even if money were no object. I'll add one thing: It seems to me, and I suppose it's a logical development, that there are fewer and fewer ungraded cards on the market. |
![]() |
|
|
![]() |
||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Insane Prices | t206hof | Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions | 31 | 10-30-2010 02:36 PM |
insane E-card prices again? | Archive | Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions | 18 | 08-25-2008 12:58 PM |
Insane Caramel Prices | Archive | Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions | 20 | 06-08-2006 03:51 PM |
T206 Commons $$$$ insane | Archive | Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions | 31 | 03-15-2005 10:55 PM |
Insane price for Coveleski | Archive | Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions | 15 | 02-22-2005 03:31 PM |