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Will Cracking these out decrease the value?

orioles93orioles93 Posts: 3,481 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I have a complete 1959 set, and it is all raw except these 6 cards. I would like to have the whole set raw, but i do not want to crack these out if it will decrease the value. Let me know what you think. Value wise will they stay the same or go down outside of the PSA holders?

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PSA HOF Baseball Postwar Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 80.51% Complete)


PSA Pro Football HOF Rookie Players Set Registry- (Currently 19.80% Complete)


PSA Basketball HOF Players Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 6.02% Complete)

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  • msassinmsassin Posts: 1,564 ✭✭✭
    I say crack away
  • PSASAPPSASAP Posts: 2,284 ✭✭✭
    The Whitey Ford card is the only one I would leave in the holder, other than that, crack away!
  • JMDVMJMDVM Posts: 950 ✭✭✭
    I would not crack the Ford or Mantle. I got more for my Cash raw than I would have if I left it in the 6 holder. But a graded Mantle is always desirable and A Ford 7 will get you a good price. You could always buy a lesser grade raw Ford to replace it.
  • NickMNickM Posts: 4,895 ✭✭✭
    I agree with JMDVM.

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  • SidePocketSidePocket Posts: 2,901 ✭✭✭
    What I do with my sets is take a color photocopy of the graded cards and trim the copy to fit in the binder sheet pockets. Then you have a complete set so to speak in the binder - just take the highest quality copy you can.

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  • orioles93orioles93 Posts: 3,481 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thats a great idea with the scanning of cards to put in the binder. I think im going to do what JMDVM said. Im going to leave the Mantle graded, along with the graded Gibson i have but i didnt picture. Im going to purchase a nice raw Ford for my set and sell the PSA 7 since i dont need that high of a grade for my set. The rest will be cracked out though!!! Thanks for the input everybody.

    BTW, the Ford is for sale if anybody wants it. Just let me know.

    What I Collect:

    PSA HOF Baseball Postwar Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 80.51% Complete)


    PSA Pro Football HOF Rookie Players Set Registry- (Currently 19.80% Complete)


    PSA Basketball HOF Players Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 6.02% Complete)
  • corncobbcorncobb Posts: 516 ✭
    It depends, do you collect labels and price quotes or cards?

    If the answer is cards, I would crack everyone of those.

  • CakesCakes Posts: 3,665 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It depends, do you collect labels and price quotes or cards?

    If the answer is cards, I would crack everyone of those. >>



    I agree if you have no plans to sell I would crack.
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  • TheZodiacCollectionTheZodiacCollection Posts: 155
    yup
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  • bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭
    I disagree. Keeping the important cards graded would help afford some sort of protection. Pulling cards in and out of binders can ding the corners up. Unless the card is a real beater, I would get the 'key' cards slabbed.
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
    Guess it depends on your personal taste. For my '55T set, a large majority of the stars are slabbed (ie Clemente, Koufax, Snider, etc), while the rest are raw in ridged card savers, and tucked in a two row shoe box secured with 20-year old newspaper.

    I keep the stars slabbed mostly for their protection. While I have zero intention ever selling the set.... Hypothetically if I did, safe to assume the slabbed stars would give the prospective buyer more overall confidence, which typically leads to a higher price.

    I'd post a picture of it but my photobucket account is on the fritz.
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • mbothnermbothner Posts: 762 ✭✭✭
    You can always buy a raw Ford for around $10 and sell the PSA 7 for maybe $50.
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  • mknezmknez Posts: 1,992 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Guess it depends on your personal taste. For my '55T set, a large majority of the stars are slabbed (ie Clemente, Koufax, Snider, etc), while the rest are raw in ridged card savers, and tucked in a two row shoe box secured with 20-year old newspaper.
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    The oldest newspaper i have is from last Sunday. Would that work?

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  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The oldest newspaper i have is from last Sunday. Would that work?

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    It's 20 years old because that's when I started the set and guess have been too cheap to replace them with new newspapers.

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    edited again to add: Topps skipped a few numbers and those have been identified with flimsy card savers and a note saying '#188 does not exist'
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • JMDVMJMDVM Posts: 950 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Thats a great idea with the scanning of cards to put in the binder. I think im going to do what JMDVM said. Im going to leave the Mantle graded, along with the graded Gibson i have but i didnt picture. Im going to purchase a nice raw Ford for my set and sell the PSA 7 since i dont need that high of a grade for my set. The rest will be cracked out though!!! Thanks for the input everybody.

    BTW, the Ford is for sale if anybody wants it. Just let me know. >>



    Glad I could help. One other point about keeping the Mantle in the holder: A potential buyer down the road won't have to wonder if its trimmed or altered. Its the most valuable card in the set.
  • fkwfkw Posts: 1,766 ✭✭
    never bad to crack any common (Topps) card below a 7 (common as in Not Rare)
    clean good looking midgrade raw cards often sell for more $$ than slabbed cards... collectors see 7s and 8s when in reality (and viewed through conservative 3rd party grading hype) they are less....
    because of this, there are a few dealers on eBay who crack all the time and resell as raw ....and I dont blame them one bit
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