Encapsulating autographs

[chaddurbin]

i would like to slab my cobb and walter johnson checks, but i think all the tpas want at least $150...which i'm not willing to do. slabbed is easier to handle than stacks and stacks of raw stuff in big toploaders, having same problems with 8x10s since i'm getting into signed photos a bit. next check/postcard/picture i buy of a big hof'er will preferably be slabbed, and not raw or with an additional LOA that i need to store.

[Runscott]

I have a guy on ebay proclaiming himself a 20-year vet of autograph dealing who has been buying Cobb checks all day long for 450-600. That bit of info, of course, is the precursor to asking me what I will take for it.

I hate ebay. In fact, I hate selling stuff in general. Perhaps I will just declare everything I currently own to be my personal collection

[w7imel]

Originally Posted by Runscott

I have a guy on ebay proclaiming himself a 20-year vet of autograph dealing who has been buying Cobb checks all day long for 450-600. That bit of info, of course, is the precursor to asking me what I will take for it.

I hate ebay. In fact, I hate selling stuff in general. Perhaps I will just declare everything I currently own to be my personal collection

Scott to your question I dont really like the authentication part of getting it "slabbed" but what I do like is I dont have to be so careful handling an item. Lord only knows when my drunk ass on a saturday wants to get something out to play with what will or would have happened if it wasn't encapsulated!!!

[Runscott]

I have dumped coffee or wine on countless books, but Never a collectible. I always prepare a safe area/surface before taking anything out.

As a collector I don't like plastic other than toploaders for cards and bags for documents. But I understand the appeal.

[roarfrom34]

For checks in particular, I prefer they be slabbed.....Not for authenticity so much, but more for the protection and the ability to stack, display, organize, etc.