SGC Are you kidding me?

[jjbond]

.....can you request cards be slabbed this way? Sometimes I want the guy who is on the back of the slab when displayed showing the front only.

[JustinD]

I don’t see any “destruction” of the card here unless the card was originally unfolded. You can argue the value is diminished when the star player is completely obscured. I could understand that discussion. I would have just demanded a free reholder, if I also received the credit on top it would have been a nice bonus for my troubles.

[bobbyw8469]

I can honestly say that I have never owned a T201 and probably never will.

[toledo_mudhen]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

I can honestly say that I have never owned a T201 and probably never will.

Not sure that I would even want one given the issues with slabbing it.

[robw1959]

Originally Posted by jjbond

.....can you request cards be slabbed this way? Sometimes I want the guy who is on the back of the slab when displayed showing the front only.

A couple of years ago, I did just that. I made the request to fold and encapsulate the Ty Cobb card since his entire body would then be visible along with his stats alone on back. I thought this would present him better than just the half Cobb upside down that normally occurs. But they wouldn't do it then. I am beginning to wonder if they would do it now?

[Jcarns22]

Originally Posted by robw1959

A couple of years ago, I did just that. I made the request to fold and encapsulate the Ty Cobb card since his entire body would then be visible along with his stats alone on back. I thought this would present him better than just the half Cobb upside down that normally occurs. But they wouldn't do it then. I am beginning to wonder if they would do it now?

I've avoided this Cobb for this reason...maybe I should get one and ask!

[Fred]

I picked this up on fleabay over a decade ago. PSA slabbed a folded T201. When I saw it, I had to have it because I thought it was just too funny. The cert number and grade have been obscured because my thought was that PSA might consider de-certing the card if they knew which one it was.

Edited to add - one thing folding the card could do is hide those hinge issues on the side of the cards. If you collect T201s, then you know what I mean. Not sure how slabbing a card this way would damage it. Also read some collectors don't like T201s. Something to consider for T201 is that it's only 50 cards with none difficult to find. That's only 50 cards to complete a complete T-card set. If you collect sets for each decade, then this is an economical set that can be put together for that decade.


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