E90-1 Jackson found

[M's_Fan]

Does a card which has been soaked to remove scrapbook glue/etc. get an "A" designation from SGC or PSA?

[iggyman]

Originally Posted by M's_Fan

Does a card which has been soaked to remove scrapbook glue/etc. get an "A" designation from SGC or PSA?

Nope! If it is not trimmed or altered (soaking it not considered an alteration), it will definitely receive a number grade.

Lovely Day...

[M's_Fan]

I might be in the minority viewpoint on this, but I'd have the baseball cards removed from the album.

Many consider the cards stuck in the album in their "native state" but there was a time where those cards weren't glued in the album. To me, that is their native state. By that logic you would argue that the card belongs in a box of candy or pouch of tobacco, but I just like looking at the card...

But mainly, I like looking at the back of the card and I just think those special cards should be free of the glue and paper concealing it.

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by M's_Fan

I might be in the minority viewpoint on this, but I'd have the baseball cards removed from the album.

Many consider the cards stuck in the album in their "native state" but there was a time where those cards weren't glued in the album. To me, that is their native state. By that logic you would argue that the card belongs in a box of candy or pouch of tobacco, but I just like looking at the card...

But mainly, I like looking at the back of the card and I just think those special cards should be free of the glue and paper concealing it.

I agree. If you want the cards in their "native state", here ya go!

[jimm]

Tuff call, I'd leave them alone I think. At least initially.

[FrankWakefield]

First, Joann, everyone needs coffee... that's good stuff.

Next, I like the idea of the cards selling in the scrapbook. I once was allowed to turn the pages of a scrapbook that had 176 Cracker Jack cards, all flour pasted onto the pages. Great corners on every card, no fading, no creases.

I agree with the folks that think the cards should sell in the scrapbook, then let the winner(s) sort it out. And I understand that once sold they may well get soaked.

Seeing these cards serves as an explanation as to how some of our old cards have great corners, and are in really nice shape. Many cards were put into scrapbooks. And over the years, in the 40s and 50s and 60s, many have been soaked off of those pages.

Only one aspect of it all troubles me, the article describes the Jackson card as rare. It isn't. It's just a high dollar card because of the player. That doesn't make it rare, it just makes it a high demand card.

FW

[sayhey24]

I don't want to take this thread off-topic, but I thought this might be appropriate to share since we're talking about baseball cards in original scrapbooks. As some of you know, I've been cleaning out my parents house and finding a lot of great pre-war cards and memorabilia that I had forgotten about. I also found these pieces from my childhood. First there's a scrapbook I kept of my favorite team, the SF Giants -- I've shown the cover and a couple of pages. I also remember making these display boards for the playoffs in the early 70s. I was doing the same thing that the young boy did in Louisiana, just sixty years later.

Greg
http://www.baseballbasement.com

[M's_Fan]

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

Only one aspect of it all troubles me, the article describes the Jackson card as rare. It isn't. It's just a high dollar card because of the player. That doesn't make it rare, it just makes it a high demand card.

FW

How many are there estimated to be in existence?