T206 Larry Doyle Released From Prison

[Matthew H]

Nice job, I would do the same thing.

The easiest way to crack a slab is with a butter knife. Just put it in the seam and twist, it will pop right open. You will have to move down the edge and repeat...

To open a BGS slab you need a jackhammer and a PhD. Still doable though.

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by Matthew H

Nice job, I would do the same thing.

The easiest way to crack a slab is with a butter knife. Just put it in the seam and twist, it will pop right open. You will have to move down the edge and repeat...

To open a BGS slab you need a jackhammer and a PhD. Still doable though.

Most jackhammer operators do not have a PhD. However, most PhDs cannot operate a jackhammer.

[Bpm0014]

Thanks everyone. Maybe I'll post some more pics of the binder. I even have a Cy Yound throwing that was busted out of a PSA 6 or 7 I think...

[atx840]

Brendan please post more, I really like seeing pages and pages of raw cards.

[Bocabirdman]

When I first started chasing the Monster, I liberated a dozen or so slabbed cards. I got away from buying them for a hundred pick-ups or so. I wound up with three that I never got around to cracking. Now, another couple hundred cards later, I am relenting and buying slabs. It is either that or not find the guys I need. I think I am up to twenty-ish. The highest is a PSA 4. At this point, I am not sure if I will crack them or not. I might though. I could always use the cardio

[Bpm0014]

Chris, I definitely will when I get home. It's a beautiful thing. I do, however, need to maybe think about updating my $4 binder. You have some great cards yourself...

Mike, bust them out, put 'em in a binder. So much easier to look at, and carry around, and show off, etc. I assure you, you won't regret it!

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

Thanks everyone. Maybe I'll post some more pics of the binder. I even have a Cy Yound throwing that was busted out of a PSA 6 or 7 I think...

Wow. I'm ok with busting cards out, or grading them, or whatever.

But I don't think I'd have the guts to bust out a card like that to put it in a page. I have a number of fairly nice cards that got down into my price range because of damage that's almost certainly from less than careful removal from a page. That was one reason I went to screwdowns then toploaders. I was getting stuff I didn't want to mess up. (Not that any storage method is free from risk.)

Good for you for doing it your way.

Steve B

[Bpm0014]

Some more random cards from my binder, all raw, with many freed from plastic tombs...