Will PSA grade this authentic?

Canes8387899101

I have shown this beauty/atrocity before, and I get plenty of lol's, but can this be graded. I pack pulled this card myself when I was young, so I know it's authentic. Yes, I have other laminated cards from when I was young. My mother was a teacher, and thought this would be a great way to "preserve" them. I still love my mom, but this wasn't a good idea! Experiences with situation? Thoughts besides lol's? Lastly, no chance I can remove the lamination. I tried with another card, and ripped the back off.

burghman

No experience with this situation and I’m not an expert on cards of that era, but how can they tell that it’s authentic without being able to hold the actual card and view it unimpeded? Seems like the lamination might preclude them from being confident enough to slab it.

daltex

I wouldn't bet on it, but it might be worth sending to PSA just to see. There is enough value to make it worthwhile.

Canes8387899101

It's a $75 gamble that I feel like would come back not slabbed. @AFLfan Todd any thoughts on this? I know it's real, but one day if I decide to sell it, I would prefer it in a PSA slab.

Jayman1982

Your Mom should buy you a new one

FirstBeard

I think it is cool the way it is and should make you smile.

secretstash

Send it to BGS Beckett and just tell them they can forgo the mylar sleeve.

totallyradd

@Canes8387899101 said:
It's a $75 gamble that I feel like would come back not slabbed. @AFLfan Todd any thoughts on this? I know it's real, but one day if I decide to sell it, I would prefer it in a PSA slab.

Before you send it in, I'd call their main office and just ask. If they won't you can always try contacting another grading company as well.

AFLfan

@Canes8387899101 - I checked on this. I was told that no one could remember ever grading a laminated card before. But if it presented well (neatly trimmed around the card) and our graders could confirm it was authentic, there was a small chance it would end up in an AUTH holder, but certainly nothing better.

erikthredd

@secretstash said:
Send it to BGS Beckett and just tell them they can forgo the mylar sleeve.

If PSA won't do it,this would seem like the perfect solution. I know for a fact that BGS has been slabbing all kinds of random items throughout the years that don't end up in their pop reports and are mainly just favors to the customer. Maybe they could slab it Authentic and mark that its laminated on the label.

RufussCkingston

Trim it good and you have a self-made Tiffany version!

Canes8387899101

@AFLfan Todd, Thanks for checking on this. Authentic is the only grade I figured I could get, and hopefully PSA can holder it. If not I'll try another company, as mentioned above. It's not cut perfectly right now, since I'm worried about cutting into the card. I could try to cut the lamination closer to the card, but I may need some bourbon to steady my hand. If I end up seeing 3 Gretzky's I'll just cut the card in the middle.

miwlvrn

They do slab items with the distinction of Authentic NQ vs Authentic-Altered. I think it safe to assume that in this case if they were willing to slab it, it would be Authentic-Altered.

erikthredd

Worse case scenario, if you can't find one of the TPG's to slab it you could always try one of these yourself and just make your own label.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1311&_nkw=graded+card+slab+empty&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_odkw=graded+card+slab&_osacat=0&_sop=10