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Does anyone know the best way to remove cards that have been glued to an album.. or remove glue and paper that is still stuck to the back of the card. I'm certainly not looking to do this and then resell them to rip anyone off.. i just bought a few cards that were once glued in album. I've been looking for them for a long time and never see them on ebay and they were cheap enough.. so i bought them. The front looks fine but there are spots on the back with excess glue and paper from the album. Also, how would psa grade them with glue or excess paper on the back? will they just get a ST qualifier.. or am i looking at a psa 1 at best. Finally, if i try to remove the glue/paper will psa still grade the card? the cards are 1970 panini arthur ashe and 1974 panini george forman. The forman has actually been cut out of the album so the entire back is has the page of the album stuck to it. The ashe just has some paper. I don't really care about the grade. i just want them slabbed.
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  • al032184al032184 Posts: 1,146 ✭✭✭
    PSA may not grade them, they could be marked as altered. If that is the case, they may grade them Auth. if you ask them.
  • eagles33eagles33 Posts: 2,684 ✭✭✭
    so if i leave the paper and glue on them will i be better off.. from a psa slabbing standpoint.. for some strange reason i don't really like "authentic" i don't care if its a 2 or 6.. i just want some sort of number grade. i know this makes zero sense, but for some idiotic reason that is what i want.
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  • check this PSA 1 out ~ most likely with back damage .........

    PSA 1
  • fkwfkw Posts: 1,766 ✭✭
    I have had many cards graded by SGC with glue reside on the back or damage from removal. And I know for fact that PSA will grade cards that basically have only been removed from albums.

    Cards glued into albums are very common with PreWar cards as thats how a good % were saved back then before plastic pages etc.

    I cant help with the glue question unless you can figure out what type of glue it is, usually the older the glue the easier it will come off. I have removed hundreds of cards from albums and many have no sign afterwords. Soaking in water is the main way its done, and thjis can be done with most but not all PreWar cards (real photo cards will be ruined).

    On the PSA grading glued cards............ at least 90% off all Sanella cards were formally glued into an album, and PSA has graded hundreds, (maybe thousand +?) of them, so they do grade cards with glue removed from back.

    Sanella's are very easy to remove and also the glue is easy to remove from back.

    The easiest is 19th Century cards glued into Victorian Tradecard Albums, because the kids usually used a paste made of flour and water.
  • otwcardsotwcards Posts: 5,291 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The easiest is 19th Century cards glued into Victorian Tradecard Albums, because the kids usually used a paste made of flour and water. >>



    And the paste makes a great biscuit, too!!!
  • removing something from a card that was not originally there to me is not altering the card.
    as others have stated psa will grade cards that have had glue removed or even tape removed.
    good luck on your quest to get them graded and slabbed.
  • al032184al032184 Posts: 1,146 ✭✭✭
    I have these cards, they were originally taped into an album. I have not submitted them to PSA, but I know that the Mantle that came from the album got submitted, after someone had removed the tape and left 'residue' on the card, and it came back as Authentic. I don't know about your cards, just sayin..
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  • eagles33eagles33 Posts: 2,684 ✭✭✭
    here is a scan of one of the cards. I dont have the foreman, but i was told its still glued and has been cut out of the album. it might not be salvagible but it was only 3 bucks so i figured i'd give it a shot

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  • al032184al032184 Posts: 1,146 ✭✭✭
    To be safe, just send the cards in first with the glue/paper still on the back, and if they don't get slabbed, try to remove it. In regards to the Tobacco cards and Pre-War cards, I have read on these boards that PSA has different standards for grading these, so they might be more liberal with tape/glue on the older stuff.
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