Well, this sucks...

[glchen]

Was this card inside the slab when it got soaked or cracked out and raw?

That's tough luck. Perhaps you should still let the card dry between a few paper towels and under some books and see how it goes. The signature is ruined, but the card may still be rescued.

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Originally Posted by glchen

Was this card inside the slab when it got soaked or cracked out and raw?



That's tough luck. Perhaps you should still let the card dry between a few paper towels and under some books and see how it goes. The signature is ruined, but the card may still be rescued.

Yeah I cracked it out, slab was awful.

Wasn't too worried about card condition since it's trimmed etc. But signature is gone so worthless to me unfortunately.


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I'll take it! In all seriousness though Brent, really sorry this happened.

[Sean1125]

Ouch, I'm so sorry. A piece of history is now gone.

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Originally Posted by Sean1125

Ouch, I'm so sorry. A piece of history is now gone.

That's what I'm disappointed in the most. Value doesn't matter to me, it's a freakin 100 year old signed card!

Bleh, tough lesson learned. Goes to show how important slabs are. I know BGS slabs are waterproof pretty much.


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[vintagehofrookies]

damn that sucks! should have kept it in the slab

[kevinlenane]

You should send these photos to Doctor Towle over at Gone With The Stain - he does a great GREAT job with water stains. Feel free to DM if you need his direct contact info. He probably cant rescue the auto but he can make the card look great again once its dried out.

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Originally Posted by packs

If you're going to throw it out I'll take it. Save the trees and all that. Just doing my civic duty.

Lol, no chance I toss it, auto is still on it. Will most likely trade it.

Originally Posted by vintagehofrookies

damn that sucks! should have kept it in the slab

It wanted to, but the GAI slab was so ridiculous I had to remove it. Now, I see I was clearly wrong, sadly.

Originally Posted by kevinlenane

You should send these photos to Doctor Towle over at Gone With The Stain - he does a great GREAT job with water stains. Feel free to DM if you need his direct contact info. He probably cant rescue the auto but he can make the card look great again once its dried out.

Great idea! It looks actually pretty clean. All of the tobacco stains didn't catch on the card. All of that yellowish water pooled in the case and not the card at least.

It still presents nicely, just not the graph.



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