I am stunned...what is the most valuable card you have cracked 'unsuccessfully'..

[Runscott]

That's horrible to hear, but it will pass.

I've come very, very close to doing what you just described - cracked a T206 green portrait Cobb and the screwdriver slipped...right past the border. Very lucky.

But I have broken a cabinet photograph in half, and I recently attempted to clean a silver gel image and wiped print right off the surface.

Julie Vognar's stories are the most horrendous - I believe one involved creasing a T206 Plank.

[Sean]

My story isn't so bad: I hit a 1965 Tim McCarver with a screwdriver and creased a corner. I will never do that again.

[RCMcKenzie]

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Just got these back from tpg graders. They look the same grade to me.

[RCMcKenzie]

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I want to say that I got excellent customer service on this shipment. Very prompt and courteous. Messed up some grades imo and corrected me incorrectly on 2 e93's that they insisted on calling e98's.

[Tcards-Please]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

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I want to say that I got excellent customer service on this shipment. Very prompt and courteous. Messed up some grades imo and corrected me incorrectly on 2 e93's that they insisted on calling e98's.

How does this tie in with this topic?

r/
Frank

[RCMcKenzie]

Point taken, Frank.

I would like to break the cards from the holders that graded 30 and 20 with a screwdriver, but I would never do that because I really like the holders. You must realize that I have been off - topic since day 1 of the full count board and try and fit my posts in as seemlessly as possible. cheers

[E93]

Funny. I looked at the scan without reading what you said and asked myself, "Isn't that Brown an E93, not E98?"
JimB

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

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I want to say that I got excellent customer service on this shipment. Very prompt and courteous. Messed up some grades imo and corrected me incorrectly on 2 e93's that they insisted on calling e98's.

[chaddurbin]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Julie Vognar's stories are the most horrendous - I believe one involved creasing a T206 Plank.

i believe it ended up with the same grade (a 2). i remember she creased it while making a PHOTOCOPY to send to a potential buyer, not during cracking. classic julie, love her....imagine making photocopies and snail-mailing it to close a 10k deal in the 21st century.

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Julie Vognar's stories are the most horrendous - I believe one involved creasing a T206 Plank.

Who is Julie Vognar?

[deadballfreaK]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

Who is Julie Vognar?

Yeah, I'm in the dark there. Never heard of her.

[g_vezina_c55]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

Who is Julie Vognar?

i dont know julie personnaly but i bought a C57 george vezina hockey card from this girl in 2006 i think ....
The vezina was graded 1.5 when i bought it from Julie... i cracked it and re-submit it to psa...
Back with a PSA 4 MK

[Runscott]

Julie is/was? an interesting collector who we had a lot of fun discussing stuff with for years. I never met her, but curiously, I made a friend shortly after arriving in Seattle, who was about Julie's age, from the same town, same background, and looked and acted like I imagined Julie would.

This damned thread has jinxed me

Yesterday I took out two old framed photos that had been 'safely' at the bottom of a box of cabinet photos, and found that one of them had a bumpy 'near break' in the image . How the heck did that happen? Answer: the hanging mechanism in the other one had jammed through the back - right through the stiff board backing - and into the back of the photo of the other, which I thought was safely protected behind glass.

Happy ending - I removed both photos fro their frames and was able to 'spoon out' the bump

[Zach Wheat]

Same concept but slightly different story....I had purchased a T206 Cy Young from a board member. Received package at work, was in the middle of the day and I was very busy, started to open it, got distracted and some how managed to throw the card out with the packaging. Kept the box though.

In existence for over a hundred years but get it in my paws for a few minutes and look at the damage I can do.....still regret it and I have not purchased another Young to replace it.

Z Wheat

[smrtn240]

I'm sure it will pass... but will take some time.
Brooks looked too happy on that card anyway

[jonincleve]

i use a small bandsaw, i cut the edges right at the glue mark. as far from the card as i can be. slice off all four sides and the slab just comes apart. i used to 'crack' the case but came REAL close to ruining a 56 clemente. the holder broke across the flip.