how do you unslab a PSA graded card?

[Bionic Joe]

I hate graded cards comics figures and anything graded but i just get a sweet deal on a Mickey Mantle card but it's graded so anyone know how hard it is to unslab a graded card and the best way to do it ?

[Mikey]

Put it in a vice and shoot at it using a 12 gauge shotgun from about 6 feet away.

Make sure you wear safety glasses and ear protection.

That MIGHT damage the card though

[Riffster]

I'd almost leave that one graded, and I'm like you I hate graded slabs but.. this one I don't know

[theantiquetiger]

I'd almost leave that one graded, and I'm like you I hate graded slabs but.. this one I don't know

I feel the same. I don't believe in grading new cards, but the old ones 60's and older (or rookies in 70's etc), I would leave in the case. What is the grade? If it is a 7 or better, do not touch it, if under 7, take it or leave it.

[Bionic Joe]

I feel the same. I don't believe in grading new cards, but the old ones 60's and older (or rookies in 70's etc), I would leave in the case. What is the grade? If it is a 7 or better, do not touch it, if under 7, take it or leave it.It's a 1966 Mickey Mantle graded by psa and it's a 7 which i think is an EX/NM not sure but i got a sweet deal on the card the asking price was $55 and a ungraded card in like con goes for a lot more so i got my cousin to buy it and mail it to me, The card shop that sold it is closing up hence the good price

[toys2cool]

I'd leave it graded

[vulcan2074]

I'd leave it graded

I agree. I wouldn't take the chance of accidentally ruining it. Great score :beaming1:
Sammy

[txteach]

You got a great deal. What company graded it? That would be a big factor on if I took it out. PSA or BGS are really the best and most well respected grading companys. If the card was graded by them I'd keep it slabed.

[Tyme2tyme]

I hate to say it (because I truly dispise grading) but I agree with everyone else. Keep it slabbed, JOHN

[RussG]

PSA is about the only grading I would leave alone, and keep in the graded slab. they tell you how they grade what they grade and list details out to the public ... unlike AFA

I'd keep the card sealed.... a PSA 7 for a mid 60's card is pretty darn good.

I have my Don Mattingly RC PSA 8 and no way will I take that thing out, and he's no where as rare as your '66 Mantle PSA 7

[Bionic Joe]

I have my Don Mattingly RC PSA 8 and no way will I take that thing out, Which one do you have? I come across the Topps all the time both graded and ungraded and once in awhile i see a FLEER but i haven't come across a Donruss in a long time, FYI Don Mattingly is one of my fav all time players

[RussG]

Which one do you have? I come across the Topps all the time both graded and ungraded and once in awhile i see a FLEER but i haven't come across a Donruss in a long time, FYI Don Mattingly is one of my fav all time players

Same here :biggrin:, and the one I have PSA is the Donruss.

[Bionic Joe]

Same here :biggrin:, and the one I have PSA is the Donruss.A very nice card indeed, I have a NM Topps in my Yankees team binder and i have a NM FLEER in a screw down both are ungraded

[Bionic Joe]

Surpisingly it's not very hard, Just need a pair of pliers and crack the top and pull apart took about a min and no damage to the card, I just had to free the card i just can't stand graded stuff :terror:

[Gorn Captain]

I am known as The Ungrader.
I hate what it stands for. Encasing something cool in carbonite, to raise the value.
Sorry, guys.
If it's your kind of thing, that's fine, but it's like putting a beautiful woman in a locked closet, where you can only see her through a window. I want to put my hands on that woman, caress her curves, smell her perfume, ravage...ahum, sorry, got carried away.

I once had a friend (sounds like a real sob story right), who had some figures encased to such a degree, that he could hardly make them out anymore. They were in sealed bags, and then sealed in a acrylic case!

I have the perfect way to crack your case: make love to a beautiful woman and put the case under the matress. Combine business and pleasure. Just tell her you want to "unslab your card"....

[Meule]

I personally hate grading. But even tho I'm no baseball expert, I do know Micky Mantle was huge back then (and still now I guess), so I'd leave that one alone

[Gorn Captain]

I can understand the need to protect something older and fragile, like a vintage card, that's quite OK. Or a figure that has really fragile clothing and accessories.
What I just cannot "get" is getting an item graded that's a year old, and then asking $$$$$$$ for it.
I've seen simple $5 SW figures get graded and magically get a $250 value....

[Meule]

I can understand the need to protect something older and fragile, like a vintage card, that's quite OK. Or a figure that has really fragile clothing and accessories.
What I just cannot "get" is getting an item graded that's a year old, and then asking $$$$$$$ for it.
I've seen simple $5 SW figures get graded and magically get a $250 value....

That is ridiculous. Same goes for comics really, how the hell are you supposed to read them once they're graded? :wall:

[Bionic Joe]

I unslabed the Mantle card and i don't fold it and shove it in my back pocket so it's still safe, I put it in my Yankess team binder in a nine pocket page made by ultra pro along with the rest of my Yankee cards from 57-09 yes it's a huge binder a 5 inch D ring
The grader slab just bugged me so i set him free and placed him with his team mates from 66

[Meule]

As long as you're happy, that's all that matters :wink_y:

[Bionic Joe]

If i brought the card to resell that i would have left it slabed, But i plan on keeping the card as i dought i'll be able to afford a nicer one the only flaw to the card is it's cut a little off center at the top