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T ESo how do you crack open a PSA slab without damaging the card?
I've actually had the same experience with non-sports cards from a vendor's box-mine was a 1957 Topps red back planes box. Cards were gorgeous. Pull one out of the box and it had that great slightly gritty feel that cards have fresh out of the pack before they are handled. Sent a few in to PSA, got clobbered on one batch, other batches graded higher, no apparent difference.
I think the advice given frequently on this board about buying the card, not the slab is good.