Question for those of you who crack cards from their cases
 

When you crack your cards out of the holder, do you hang onto or document the original grader/grade/serial number for posterity?

I do, hoping one day they will offer a credit to send them in.

HEH

No, because in theory that card will never be in better condition. Only bad things could happen so that grade is maxed out... in theory.

Yes, of course.

No

I keep the flip for low pop items, so that I can convey to the next party that this is one of the few that was "graded".

I save them as well but not for any reason in particular.

Yes because although the grade becomes somewhat irrelevant, it's still proof of authentication. I put them in separate tobacco-sized binder pages.

Huh?

no
 

no

I throw them away. What good are they. Just more junk.

no

Seems to be a mix of keepers versus trashers. I personally don't crack them, and wouldn't keep the case, but as a guy who keeps track f stuff, I think I'd document the info for posterity.

It was just a curiosity on my part, I appreciate the responses.

You could get them slabbed.

Yes. My sets are in binders, one card to a slot, fronts and backs showing. I place the flip behind the card with the grade showing.

I save scans and mail the flips back to PSA/SGC so that the card can be removed from the pop reports. I don't crack many cards, and the pop reports aren't great, but I have zero interest in it looking like there are more of my cards than there really are.

After cracked, I usually put the card in a toploader and the flip between that and the penny sleeve, for the next person to know it was slabbed before. Unless I am Battlefield :) then all bets off and all paintbrushes on.

Ditto.

Trash. That's what they are.