Ungraded heavyweights?

[Republicaninmass]

Apparently people have vastly different views of "heavy weights"

[brianp-beme]

Due to the attached 3/4" thick wood plaque, I believe this more than qualifies as a 'heavyweight' card.

Brian

[Bigdaddy]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Due to the attached 3/4" thick wood plaque, I believe this more than qualifies as a 'heavyweight' card.

Brian

At a minimum, it would qualify as 'slabbed'

[Rookiemonster]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Due to the attached 3/4" thick wood plaque, I believe this more than qualifies as a 'heavyweight' card.

Brian

Looks like mans first attempt at slabbing. Lol where did you get this from? Judging by the etchings on the back it’s graded a 3.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Rookiemonster

Looks like mans first attempt at slabbing. Lol where did you get this from? Judging by the etchings on the back it’s graded a 3.

You can tell it is one of the earlier incarnations of these primitive slabs in that the grade is carved on the lower back. Later wooden slab versions adopted the more familiar top front grade demarcation, and utilized Roman numerals.

Brian (picked up during ebay's iron age)

[toledo_mudhen]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

Apparently people have vastly different views of "heavy weights"

Yes that is correct -

With the advent of eBay and having been "burned" several times, I now find that I don't "trust" any card of any higher value that is not currently slabbed by one of the top 3 TPGs.

Not sure where that threshold is exactly but I would say any card worth more than a couple hundred dollars if I am buying online and the card is advertised as NRMT.