Can't slab--only one known?

[Hankphenom]

At the Philly show, I ran into Earl from SGC. He told me that Legendary had sent them a Walter Johnson card they had never seen before. I said, "That's my card!" to which he replied, "I don't think we're going to be able to slab it, because there's no exemplar."

So let me get this straight. They can never slab a card that hasn't surfaced before, so no one-of-a-kind card can ever be slabbed? Therefore, the second example to surface will get slabbed, but not the first. Now I'm even wondering if they even keep a picture of my card, in case another one does ever show up.

Seems to me there should be enough evidence of age, wear, materials, ink, style of printing, etc, to give them enough confidence to slab this card, but I guess there must be some legal reasons for them not to.

[gnaz01]

Hank,

That isn't true. I have an e125 American Caramel Die Cut of Eddie Plank and it has been documented it is the only known exemplar, and it resides in an SGC30 case, so not sure if Earl is 100% accurate here.

[Matthew H]

E125 is a known issue. Maybe they just haven't seen one of the cash clothing cards

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by Matthew H

E125 is a known issue. Maybe they just haven't seen one of the cash clothing cards

I just assumed he meant there was no Johnson exemplar

[glchen]

There have been unique postcards that have been slabbed I think.

[packs]

Maybe they can't verify that it isn't a fantasy piece. Have you verified that there was a Cash Clothing Store in Sedgwick, Colorado?

[Deertick]

Haven't I seen that they slabbed a generic "Trade Card" before? I agree, there should be a way for them to slab it Authentic without attribution to a specific run. Maybe they can't even pinpoint decade?

[jcmtiger]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

At the Philly show, I ran into Earl from SGC. He told me that Legendary had sent them a Walter Johnson card they had never seen before. I said, "That's my card!" to which he replied, "I don't think we're going to be able to slab it, because there's no exemplar."

So let me get this straight. They can never slab a card that hasn't surfaced before, so no one-of-a-kind card can ever be slabbed? Therefore, the second example to surface will get slabbed, but not the first. Now I'm even wondering if they even keep a picture of my card, in case another one does ever show up.

Seems to me there should be enough evidence of age, wear, materials, ink, style of printing, etc, to give them enough confidence to slab this card, but I guess there must be some legal reasons for them not to.

Hank, what is the size of this card? Is it heavier cardboard type?

Joe

[Hankphenom]

Postcard size and stock.