Monday, February 27, 2012

Cracked

I appreciate the comments on Thursday regarding my graded T206 Evers. I thought it over, and I had to go ahead and crack it.



See!

I actually had a couple reasons. First, as I said on Thursday, I like to be able to hold my cards, and if its slabbed, I can't. But I also wanted to be able to have a decent, consistent looking display. Having different slabs wouldn't look as nice as what I had in mind. It was fairly simple to crack the cards out, and since the holder is oversized for a T206, I didn't have to worry about damaging the card.

I still wanted to keep the card protected, so this is what I did:


I got several of these matching screw down holders. I really like the look of the two relics (yes, I got another....the new one if from the 2002 version of T206) surrounding the T206.



So now I can touch the card, but keep it safe.

I have a matching display on the shelf.
And I've got more holders and room on the shelf for more cards.

6 comments:

  1. I must say, I agree with you decision. Those look great!

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  2. That's a good move - those look great together!

    (Lifetimetopps)

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  3. They do look great together. Now you've just got to find the Evers mini from the 2002 T206 set.

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  4. My only question...how did you get it open without causing harm to the cardboard treasure inside?

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  5. I used a pair of pliers to crack off the edges. Once tha was done, I could pry the two pieces apart. The card was safe because it was so far away from the edges of the holder.

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