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

[LuckyLarry]

Josh: It would appear these pop reports are useless.

I agree with what a couple others have said "words cannot describe a T206 set in a binder" and others have spoken to the "uniformity of a collection".

I notice in your signature you are making good progress on your T206 set at 64% complete. 339 cards with 169 PSA, 88 SGC, and 82 raw.

When I put together my T206 set, one of the first things I did was purchase "The Monster" T206 reprint set on eBay (I think they sell for about $50) and insert the reprint set into some brand new 15 pocket Ultra-Pro Sheets.

Then as you obtain an original T206 card, the reprint card is replaced. It was a REALLY fun way to collect the set, and I've never regretted cracking out all those cards.

Larry

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by LuckyLarry

Josh: It would appear these pop reports are useless.

I agree with what a couple others have said "words cannot describe a T206 set in a binder" and others have spoken to the "uniformity of a collection".

I notice in your signature you are making good progress on your T206 set at 64% complete. 339 cards with 169 PSA, 88 SGC, and 82 raw.

When I put together my T206 set, one of the first things I did was purchase "The Monster" T206 reprint set on eBay (I think they sell for about $50) and insert the reprint set into some brand new 15 pocket Ultra-Pro Sheets.

Then as you obtain an original T206 card, the reprint card is replaced. It was a REALLY fun way to collect the set, and I've never regretted cracking out all those cards.

Larry

Pretty cool idea Larry!

Thanks for the kind words as well!

[jchcollins]

Sometimes you get a graded card where the card is beautiful (or at least what you were going for...) but whoever had it before you didn't know how to take care of their slabs or what graded card bags are. If the card arrives in the mail and has a smashed end of the slab, or the front looks like it was clawed multiple times by someone's kitty cat, then I will liberate the card. A brand new crystal clear top loader or Card Saver remains pretty cheap for a card that's going into a collection with zero investment ambitions.

[jchcollins]

Also interesting note - did you know if the HOF gets a slabbed card as a donation, they immediately bust it out? Turns out that PSA does not meet archival preservation standards for the 21st century. Not because the slabs damage cards, but just because we don't know yet...100 year from now, will the cards that are slabbed PSA 10's remain perfect? Or will the plastic somehow decompose over a very long period of time and damage the card inside? So yes, the Hall apparently contributes to the inaccuracy of Pop reports:

http://www.sportscollectorsdigest.co...-slabbed-cards

[trdcrdkid]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

Also interesting note - did you know if the HOF gets a slabbed card as a donation, they immediately bust it out? Turns out that PSA does not meet archival preservation standards for the 21st century. Not because the slabs damage cards, but just because we don't know yet...100 year from now, will the cards that are slabbed PSA 10's remain perfect? Or will the plastic somehow decompose over a very long period of time and damage the card inside? So yes, the Hall apparently contributes to the inaccuracy of Pop reports:

http://www.sportscollectorsdigest.co...-slabbed-cards

Yep, we had a lengthy thread about that story:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=223468