Why is this card in a condom?
jrdolan
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Why is the '60 Fleer Gehrig on the left wearing the dreaded mylar sleeve? It's a standard card in a standard holder, just like the one on the right.
Too bad Fleer couldn't fix Lou's red-eye back then, but that's another issue.
Too bad Fleer couldn't fix Lou's red-eye back then, but that's another issue.
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Stingray
Mark
Stingray
<< <i>They ran out of the regular holders while grading and stuck it in one of these POS. They probably ran into the same situation when grading this card. >>
Brian, this IS a regular holder. I'm wondering why they saw fit to put poor Lou in a condom when it was completely unnecessary.
Thanks,
Mark
James
explain that PSA.
GG
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<< <i>I think when a grader runs out of non sleeved holders they just throw it in a sleeved holder instead of getting up off their buttocks and getting the reg holders. >>
The graders don't do the slabbing, but your theory could well apply to those who do.
PSA uses them for standard cards when they are slightly undersized if I remember right.
Without the sleeve, the card could move too much and become damaged inside the holder.
I took a couple of cards to the National last year that were in the sleeves within the slabs
and asked one of the experts at the PSA booth if they could reholder the cards without them.
Was told no and informed that if a particular card is in a sleeve it's in it for a a reason.
Anyway, I don't like them either, so I sold them and found ones that didn't have the sleeves.
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PSA is feeding you crap. I want someone to crack and resend a mylar sleeved card and see if it comes back with a mylar sleeve. On my 38 goudey and 36 goudey sets I have 2 in sleeves and maybe 60 not in sleeves. same cards, same set, same size, same grades.
they just look so crappy. its like putting a card in a zip lock bag, then looking at it through a plate of glass. its hard to even get a good look at the stinking card!!
GG
I can see why they don't have a perfect holder for every size and shape of card ever made, and the sleeve is necessary for to prevent some oddball cards and stickers from sliding around. But these are standard cards. The one on the left fits in the standard holder. If it was oversize for a standard slab, they wouldn't have put it in a standard slab. They'd have used a 1952-56 holder. Why does it need a damn baggie?
It's a rhetorical question. I've seen standard-size cards sleeved in 52-56 holders before, I assume either because they temporarily ran out of standard slabs or the card was cut slightly too large and they didn't want to crunch the edges too tight against the framing ridges. Fair enough. But why you would sleeve a card in a standard holder when it fits just fine without it, well that's just a stumper.
My '41 Playball set has some with and some without. The condom ones look like crap, and I've had 2 guys turn down ones with them.
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Couldn't find a gehrig.. but use your imagination..
<< <i>eh if your not happy with the condom send the odd sized stuff to SGC. >>
It's not odd-sized, that's my point. Proof of that is the holder it's in.
I'd pay $5 to get it reholdered, except it must be a separate submission from regular grading and will cost an extra $11.50 to ship back. That's PSA's min. return shipping / insurance fee, even for a single card. Yes, it must be a separate submission. No, they will not combine separate submissions into one shipping fee. Well, they might put them all in the same box for their own convenience if they are finished at the same time, but you still have to pay separate shipping in case they don't. It's policy. I've had this fight with them, and I lost. So I either eat the $11.50, or I wait until I have enough reholder requests to justify it.
Steve