Cardsaver Failed Me

[profholt82]

Ugh. So, I was out of town over the weekend, and stopped in a card shop while I was there. I found a few nice cards and negotiated a deal. Each card was in a card saver, and they put them in a little brown paper bag. I placed it in the chest pocket of my coat (a thick ski jacket because it's cold in the midwest ;p). And I went about the rest of my day, leaving the bag in there instead of putting it in the glove compartment or suitcase or literally anywhere else which would have kept them safer.

At some point, I must have pressed my chest up against something because one of the cards has a long wrinkle going through it now. All I can think of was when I was driving, I turned and reached to grab something from the back seat, and either the belt or the side of the seat would have been digging into my chest momentarily. That's all I can think of.

Anyway, I feel like an idiot, and the whole episode makes me sad. I've got that sinking feeling in my stomach about it. I mean, in the condition I bought it, it was only about VG/EX, but it's not the money exactly. After negotiating the lot of cards, I'd estimate I paid 120/25 or so for the Kaline, so not a huge deal financially or anything. It's more the fact that this card was in great shape having survived since 1955, and after one day in my possession, now it's wrinkled.

So I feel just awful about it. Have any of you ever done anything like this? Misery loves company.


Here's the card. At least it doesn't show as much from the front. It's difficult to see the wrinkle in the pictures, but it literally goes through nearly the entire length of the card.

[ALR-bishop]

It looks to be in a lot better shape than the Mantle card Costas is said to carry in his wallet

[jchcollins]

Cardsavers and toploaders both generally do the job, but you still have to be somewhat careful with them. Sorry to hear...

[hcv123]

Most of us have been there! I left a 1955 Pirates type 1 team photo in the envelope it was mailed in for too long (think months) and realized when I opened it that some humidity must have gotten in and caused the photo to stick to the mailing envelope - part of the photo came off on the envelope! Forgive yourself - you're human - make a mental note to do it differently the next time and move on. Not like it was a one of a kind or anything.

[Bestdj777]

I keep a lot of my cards in my office, which has terrible lighting. I got a rare, although not to valuable, Mantle test issue. When it arrived in the mail, I opened it up on the main floor of my house where the lighting is better and removed it from the top loader to inspect it. It was just as described so I turned around to head down to the office and, in doing so, rammed the card directly into the door jam. Smushed one of the corners. No idea why I didn’t put it right back in the top loader before moving it to my office but that is the first and last time I’ll make that mistake… still annoyed at myself.

[Volod]

Like a sizeable portion of the general population, I also suffer from unconscious self-destructive impulses. My disfunction usually takes the form of physical abuse of various parts of my anatomy - minor injuries up to occasional bone breakage - but once in a while the inner animus gets directed at objects, like careless handling of wine glasses, dropping a slice of bread buttered side down. Fortunately, I don't handle most of my card collection very often, so it has escaped unharmed - so far. How come there is no emoji for empathy?

[todeen]

I bought a trimmed Babe Ruth 1934 butterfinger. My only Ruth. I kept it in a magazine soft plastic holder with tape and a backing board - like a comic. With the price surge I decided to sell it. Buyer wanted better pics outside of the plastic. I removed it fine no problem. But instead of using a brand new magazine cover with plastic over the adhesive I tried to reuse the old one. The adhesive grabbed the face of the premium. They are so fragile that I knew trying to remove it would destroy the front. Luckily I had collectors insurance and was able to recoup my money... but damn. Babe had survived beautifully until he showed up in my house.

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