left a skid mark on a cobb as a teen. still feel it at 49

[Centauri]

I got a 1973 Hank Aaron when I was a 10 year-old collector in the late 80's. It was easily the star of my collection, and it was the talk of the neighborhood. It was pretty good shape, but it has a small wax spot on the front. My 10 year-old self thought it would be better with no wax, so I pulled out a steak knife and scraped the wax off. Ended up with smeared wax, and several knife cuts to the picture. Still have the card...

[MacDice]

This summer, I decided to get a new safe and combine two safes into one. Apparently I forgot to double check one of the safes and tossed 9 signed cards in my 1957 set including a Frank Robinson and Don Drysdale.

[Eggoman]

Originally Posted by Centauri

I got a 1973 Hank Aaron when I was a 10 year-old collector in the late 80's. It was easily the star of my collection, and it was the talk of the neighborhood. It was pretty good shape, but it has a small wax spot on the front. My 10 year-old self thought it would be better with no wax, so I pulled out a steak knife and scraped the wax off. Ended up with smeared wax, and several knife cuts to the picture. Still have the card...

I ALMOST did the same thing with a '73 Topps Clemente as a 11 year old...We were NOT allowed to touch knives, so I used a paper towel to rub the wax off...folded the card into thirds when my hand slipped off and I caught the edge of the card...I can still see me doing it!!

[bnorth]

Sadly I was a 45 year old kid last year when I bought a nice 61 Roger Maris blank back. The card was sheet cut with huge borders that where cut very badly. I figured I would take my old guillotine paper cutter and square it up nicely. Trimmed up both sides and the bottom. Then as I was making the top cut the cutter slipped and I made a horrible cut that went down into the card. I actually felt sick to my stomach because I was in a hurry and did not put a towel down so the cutter would not slip on my marble tile topped kitchen island.

I put the card and piece of card away and when going through some stacks found it again a few weeks ago and put it together and finished squaring it up.