We don't need no stinkin' slabs!!!

[brightair]

I collected cards as a kid in the '50s and still enjoy gum and wax stains, edge wear, creases and the smell of old cards.
Here is one thing I don't get about slabbed cards...
I was at the Shriner's show yesterday and saw a box of slabbed cards for sale at $1.25 apiece. I didn't look at them, I assume they are all UV, but later I wondered how anyone can sell slabbed cards so cheap?
Doesn't it cost way more than that to get a card slabbed (never done it myself, don't collect them)?
And why would anyone slab a modern card that isn't even worth the cost of grading?
To each his own, I agree, just need someone to explain the logic behind this to me.
Richard D

[BruceinGa]

Originally Posted by brightair

Doesn't it cost way more than that to get a card slabbed (never done it myself, don't collect them)?

Minimum of $10 imo.

Originally Posted by brightair

And why would anyone slab a modern card that isn't even worth the cost of grading?

Maybe thinking it would be a 10?

Originally Posted by brightair

To each his own, I agree, just need someone to explain the logic behind this to me.

I can't explain that!

[BruceinGa]

Maybe it's my ocd but I'm afraid of damaging anything I touch. When I borrow something I believe in returning it in better condition than when I received it. My magazine and books at home are kept in a place that protect them, (kind of).
It makes me sick to see the condition of the 1983 cards that my sons and I collected.
I enjoy looking at a nice card in a slab or top loader but not one mistreated.
My wife says that I need help . I would tend to agree with her.

[Volod]

If one of the slabbing companies could come up with a grading criterion for bubblegum dust and aroma, I would pay big bucks for a 1953 Bowman Color card with strong dusting, just so that I could crack it open and inhale my way back to the age of eight. I know, now the thread is being reduced to goofiness, but I am halfway serious about that.

[Bestdj777]

Regardless of your opinion on grading, I think we can all agree that this one needs to remain safely sealed in its slab:

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

Regardless of your opinion on grading, I think we can all agree that this one needs to remain safely sealed in its slab:

That card looks familiar One of those odd cases where it's probably better for the cards around it if it's slabbed.

Steve B

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by steve B

That card looks familiar One of those odd cases where it's probably better for the cards around it if it's slabbed.

Steve B

Haha, I knew I got it on here but forgot who I got it from. It is a proud part of my collection but I'd definitely be concerned what it would do to the rest of my collection if let loose.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

Regardless of your opinion on grading, I think we can all agree that this one needs to remain safely sealed in its slab:

I don't know how to tell you this, but I think…no, I'm sure…that card has ebola!!!!

[ALR-bishop]

Raymond-- I built a set of Topps 1981 Thirst Break Comics, which has a baseball subset. The Comics served as a wrapper around individual pieces of gum. I think the gum was originally greenish. I bought a couple of unopened boxes to finish the set. Cleaning the gum off the comics was not easy. The gum is now brownish, but very gooey and juicy. I have several pieces left. Would be happy to send you some if you promise to have someone take an I Pone video of you popping it in and starting to chew and then posting it here

Maybe we can scrounge you up a 1963 Fleer cookie as well