What is the point of cracking a card out of a holder?

[bbcard1]

I liberate cards a fair amount of the time. I do it to make it fit in with the rest of my collection and they are in a grade that it doesn't hurt value. To me a better question is why do people grade cards? I understand maximizing value to high end or high grade cards, but what's the sense in slabbing a low-end t205 with a common back and back damage? An a-2 can actually depress the sales price. I actually have a 1978 Topps Dave Parker PSA 1 ... I paid a dollar for it because I just couldn't resist. Why in the hell do you send in a creased 1978 card with bad corners to get graded?

[7nohitter]

I often find that I can buy a slabbed card in the 1-4 range CHEAPER than a raw card. Sellers sometimes see 'potential' "I'm sure this will grade an '8'" and the seller will list as if it were actually an 8.

My Brooks Robinson RC is a great example....bought a PSA 3, which looks beautiful, for less than raw copies were going for.

As soon as it was delivered I cracked the inane plastic away from it and in the binder it went with my '57 set!

[Vintagevault13]

Originally Posted by 7nohitter

I often find that I can buy a slabbed card in the 1-4 range CHEAPER than a raw card. Sellers sometimes see 'potential' "I'm sure this will grade an '8'" and the seller will list as if it were actually an 8.

My Brooks Robinson RC is a great example....bought a PSA 3, which looks beautiful, for less than raw copies were going for.

As soon as it was delivered I cracked the inane plastic away from it and in the binder it went with my '57 set!

+1. I see this all of the time for lower grade cards. Great deals to be had.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[markf31]

The phrase "buy the card, not the slab" never seemed more appropriate than this conversation.

[frankbmd]

I cracked a slab today, oh boy
To free a lucky man who made the grade
Although the grade was really poor
Well I just had to laugh
I'd seen the photograph
Paper loss and creases through his head
No one noticed that the whites had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They'd seen his face before
Nobody was really sure if it was Harry Lord.

I won a card today, oh boy
My snipe did win the Ebay bidding war
A crowd of bidders walked away.
But then I took a look,
the seller was indeed a crook
I'd love to turn him in.

Woke up, fell out of bed
Soon the Web, filled my head
Found my way to 54 and drank a cup
And looking up, I saw a new post
Cobb Bat Off, gotta have that
Sent a PM in seconds flat
No response, I had a smoke
When the seller spoke, I went into a dream

Ahhhhhh...............

I sold a card today, oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburne's chest
and though the holes were rather small
the buyer had to count them all
Now we know how many holes it takes to fill a Neal Ball
I'd love to turn him in.

[bbcard1]

Everyone in the world thinks:

1) Their house is worth more than it really is.

2) Their kids are prettier than they really are

3) Their cards will grade higher than they really will.

[ullmandds]

Frank... By far my favorite of your poems/songs!

Id like the 45 if available.

Originally Posted by frankbmd

I cracked a slab today, oh boy
To free a lucky man who made the grade
Although the grade was really poor
Well I just had to laugh
I'd seen the photograph
Paper loss and creases through his head
No one noticed that the whites had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They'd seen his face before
Nobody was really sure if it was Harry Lord.

I won a card today, oh boy
My snipe did win the Ebay bidding war
A crowd of bidders walked away.
But then I took a look,
the seller was indeed a crook
I'd love to turn him in.

Woke up, fell out of bed
Soon the Web, filled my head
Found my way to 54 and drank a cup
And looking up, I saw a new post
Cobb Bat Off, gotta have that
Sent a PM in seconds flat
No response, I had a smoke
When the seller spoke, I went into a dream

Ahhhhhh...............

I sold a card today, oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburne's chest
and though the holes were rather small
the buyer had to count them all
Now we know how many holes it takes to fill a Neal Ball
I'd love to turn him in.

[Buythatcard]

I have never cracked a slab before but it's really up to the owner of the card. As long as they are the owner, let them do whatever they want with it. Reslab it, show it raw or whatever.

As a seller, I will never crack it out of a slab. Let the buyer deal with that. I don't want to be the one who accidentally tears the card.

I agree that Pop Reports are totally useless.