What is the oddest/strangest sports item you've seen slabbed?
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I cannot recall any. What makes your list?
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A while back, I actually saw an off the wall grading company slab some magazine pictures of Joe Louis. They were little pictures cut out from a magazine with scissors. That just blew my mind.
The Sept 24, 1985 Cubs-Expos game ticket (PSA 6) is currently for sale on eBay. This was the game that scenes from Ferris Bueller's Day Off were filmed.
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A "xrc" newspaper magazine clipping of nolan ryan. I think 5 actually made their way into holders.
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Didn't PSA do that with Nolan Ryan newspaper clippings?
@blurryface and @bobbyw8469 I think this is the Ryan newspaper clipping.
Didn't realize PSA graded magazine and newspaper clippings!
Jason
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In general, they don't. The Nolan's above were a mistake and have the "No Longer Grading" tag now: https://www.psacard.com/pop/baseball-cards/1966/sporting-news-hand-cut-no-longer-grading/113309
There are several others that were meant to be cut out and saved as "cards" that PSA does still grade, 1970 Dayton Daily News Bubblegumless and 1936 Detroit Times Sport Stamps are a couple that come to mind.
ETA: Sample of the 70 DDN ...
And how about Super-8mm video boxes?
They don't anymore, here is a thread about it from a few years back that I found.
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/948797/does-psa-grade-or-encapsulate-newspaper-clippings
PSA just graded these for me.
Ooooffff. Who would buy such a thing!?!
Those newspaper clippings are not going to be flagged as "trimmed"? I guess investing in a proper paper trimmer has its advantages. There are those Topps Nestle cards that I have seen designated as "hand cut," so I assume paper cutters were used?
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Did you ask PSA if they would grade it before you submitted? I ask because I am looking at a newspaper clipping of my favorite player that I would purchase, grade, and add to the master set.
I did not ask. I just knew that if they wouldn't grade it, I wouldn't be charged. So I took the plunge, and lo and behold, they graded it.