This one's for you - fellow crack heads.

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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

What is the highest graded card which you ever cracked out?
Mine was a not very costly SGC88 Blue Tint Thompson - black tint variety.

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Posted By: Joann

A T207 Lively graded PSA 3. And that was because it was my first T207 and I wanted to see what it felt like and looked like w/o the plastic (and was too impatient to wait for the two raw T207's that were en route to me).

But PSA 3 is high for me. I can only think of 3 cards I've bought that were graded higher than PSA 3 or its equivalent. Most are graded lower or raw. So for me to crack out a 3 is kind of a big deal.

I crack out almost everything I buy, unless it cost a little more money and I already have another card from the set raw.

Joann

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Posted By: cmoking

GAI 8 1933 Goudey 158 Moe Berg --> PSA 7
SGC 88 1958 Topps Jim Brown --> PSA says trimmed - TWICE. ugh. What to do now? Third time the charm or back to SGC? Or just rip it up?

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Posted By: Patrick McMenemy

I picked up a George Gibson T206 that was graded an 8 by PSA in the mid 1990s. It was part of a trade deal for a "Crack Team" cigar label that I traded to a dealer in Maine. As with any slabbed cards that I happen to acquire, I promptly liberated it.

Patrick

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Posted By: anthony

A PSA 4 T206 Jake Pfeister...american beauty 350 subjects no frame...i thought i got the shaft since it looked trimmed and the bottom of the holder was not sealed all the way across....then i found out that the american beauties were thinner due to the size of the cigarette pack...i was suppose to send it to SGC but havent had time...

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Posted By: dd

1933 Goudey #144 in a PSA 5

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Posted By: steve yawitz

Probably just PSA 4's, with the most valuable one I can think of being an E92 Dockman Magee. My rule of thumb so far has to liberate cards valued less than $500 or so. At least those in my quasi-permanent collection.

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Posted By: Bob

SGC 60 in cards because they were in a set which was large and almost all were raw and wanted to display them together.
PSA 7s and 8s in P-2 Sweet Cap pins, ditto.

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Posted By: daryle

PSA 6 N28 Keefe

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Posted By: Richard Masson

a bunch of PSA 7s, 8s and 9s World Wide Gums 1934 including Ruth, back in my anti-slab days before I found THE WAY.