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

[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

[steve B]

I bought a pack of that gum at Woolworths maybe a year after it was issued, maybe two. Mine was orange, and simply awful. I'm not sure if they had other flavors. If the wrappers were something other than orange then they did.


Steve B

Originally Posted by 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