Poll: Preferences to displaying your cards

David W · #1 07-29-2010, 10:48 AM

How to display low end items. The picture frames are garage sale specials, the bases for the 64 Giants are small blocks of finished oak from my dad's woodshop, with a small cut in the top.

Section103 · #2 07-29-2010, 11:26 AM

Does "strewn across my desk" count as a display?

Matthew H · #3 07-29-2010, 12:58 PM

I don't think the slabs are good for protection. The screw downs are better. I gave my son a PSA graded Barry Bonds to play with and he managed to crease the card through the holder.

I can sit on my couch and watch TV with a card in a screw down and I don't have to worry about losing track of it. If you sat on a PSA slab you lost track of, it'll be all bad.

JasonL · #4 07-29-2010, 01:17 PM

You should really just stop sitting on your cards!
and what did your son DO to the slab?!?!
yikes

Matthew H · #5 07-29-2010, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JasonL

You should really just stop sitting on your cards!
and what did your son DO to the slab?!?!
yikes

With a 5 year old running around the house, my PSA graded cards have to be high on a shelf. The screw downs can be anywhere without worry. JS. The slabs aren't the best protection.

I haven't sat on a card. As far as the Bonds goes, I gave it to him as a toy. I'm not sure why I even had it. He probably stepped on it, he was 4 years old.

View Poll Results: How do you prefer to display your cards: in graded holders or in raw form?
Yes, slabs add an ornamental or decorative quality to the cards when they are displayed.	43	53.75%
No, I like to view a card as is; third party grading slabs are an annoying distraction.	22	27.50%
I'm completely indifferent about it.	15	18.75%
Voters: 80. You may not vote on this poll

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