Obtaining a Dummy Taylor T206

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Posted By: Matthew S. Moore

Tamper-proof...right you are!

I asked the seller if there was a way to open the slab, and which tool he would recommend. He didn't make a fuss about breaking the slab, just explained what would happen if we did break it. Should we wish to maintain the grading, we'd have to return it to SCG to get reslabbed...if we chose. He was courteous about it...just explaining the situation. Very above-board. I wanted his perspective as a dealer. And I would certainly buy from him again.

This is the first item I've ever purchased that was slabbed. Although I did handle a "Dummy" Hoy N172 to scan it some years back...that one wasn't slabbed.

As long as I'm on the topic: when did slabbing become standard practice? And when did grading companies enter the picture? These seem to be relatively recent developments. It seems only yesterday that baseball cards were kept in (gasp!) shoeboxes, or, if the collectors wanted to be systematic, archival sportscard albums with poly sleeves. I suppose that counterfeiting and tampering with cards has been around as long as Honus Wagner's T206.