Do You Crack Your Slabs? Why?867
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mattness private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Just curious why people crack their slabs. Grading/slabbing isn't cheap (for me) Why spend the money then just throw it away? I don't understand this practice. | ||
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DarthLego private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I'm not a cracker (wow, that doesn't sound right lol). But I have seen collectors who only keep raw books in their collection. They will buy slabbed for several reasons, to verify they are getting a high grade, and to ensure they are not getting a restored book. | ||
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VillageIdiot private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I have personally cracked many books over the years, for as Lego wrote, many reasons. Most graded books I do not crack, however...because of rapid liquidity more than anything else. | ||
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TheMaxx private msg quote post Address this user | |
| i've always been more of a reader than a collector, but when I decided to start taking up larger value books (1000+), I got taken on a restored book. Grading is a great buying and selling tool. Even though I crack a book I know that I can eventually regrade, and get my money back out of it. It's more of a certainty of I know what I'm buying. | ||
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userX745 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Heard some people will buy low graded books that they think they can press and try and get a better grade on the book. Others get it signed and signed again by someone else. Many reasons why someone will crack the case. | ||
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MR_SigS private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @TheMaxx Bingo. I let others do the submitting for me. Once I know the book is resto free and complete, I liberate it. Not always, though. I'm keeping big money items slabbed in case of emergency, and in the case of my Kirby signed (splash page) Kamandi #1, I wanted to see the sig, as well as have my friend sign it. If I kept it slabbed, I wouldn't have been able to do either. |
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 I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life.
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kaptainmyke private msg quote post Address this user | |
| All of my books are raw. I just only now placed 2 orders for some of the highest valued comics I own or ones double, triple signed, or Stan Lee signed books. | ||
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 You think I'm joking, I'm not.
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earthshaker01 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I crack them so I can collect the labels. | ||
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I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life.
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kaptainmyke private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by earthshaker01  |
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zab47 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| each to their own I do the money bit need to reinvest sell the graded put 2 more good one's back for higher investment just started and learned the hard way buy grade sell buy 2 grade sell 2 buy 4 then sell 2 keep 2 wow what a cycle it works for my collection | ||
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You think I'm joking, I'm not.
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earthshaker01 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| [b]@zab47 uhh..that's a lot of math and stuff. I prefer Pythag's theory. A squared + B squared = C squared. Where A is my graded books, B are my raw books, which equals C (one bad ass collection.) | ||
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zab47 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| that a ripper if there was 1 ---ya got me fella | ||
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MR_SigS private msg quote post Address this user | |
| ??? I think I smoked one too many. OOPS!  I mean, I think I smoked one too many. |
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DarthLego private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by earthshaker01 Let me translate, I speak this language.  He said: @zab47 Use some punctuation and grammar rules. |
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zab47 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| no i'm a coal cracker besides I am handi capped and this took long enough | ||
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mattness private msg quote post Address this user | |
Thanks for everyone's responses. I never would have thought about using the slabbing as weeding out the unwanted, restoration and such. I still think the comic would be safer in slab form then raw but to each their own. Thanks again!  |
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zosocane private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I don't like books from 1970 thru modern to be slabbed. They are not rare in high grade and should be fondled from time to time. So Bronze thru modern, I like to see raw and have liberated a few but keep the label and tuck it behind the backing board inside the Mylar. | ||
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MR_SigS private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by zab47 Oh now I feel like shit. Sorry.I still couldn't follow either post, though  |
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D84 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I'll buy Golden Age slabbed, to make sure there is no undisclosed restoration, and to verify that the book is complete. They get cracked out because I want a copy for my permanent collection. I only slab books that are for sale, because if it's high dollar, it makes everyone more comfortable with the price. |
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CatmanAmerica private msg quote post Address this user | |
| If a book is observably below 5.0 then there are few logical reasons for getting it graded (encapsulated) unless it's rare and/or in demand. If it's a high grade (8.5+) encapsulated book that will likely increase in value, then there's rarely a defensible reason for cracking it out. I feel pretty good about this from an objective standpoint. |
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I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life.
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kaptainmyke private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I'm getting my Amazing Spider-man #1 cover detached slabbed for obvious reasons to preserve it and I think people will still want to buy it for $5000 with a stan lee signature on it. | ||
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DarthLego private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @kaptainmyke the conversation is about cracking, not slabbing. Nice brag about your ASM1 though. |
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MR_SigS private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by kaptainmyke Maaaaayyybbbeeeeeee. The last Stan Lee SS ASM #1 to get near $5000 was a 3.5 this month ($4800). But we digress. |
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JWKyle private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by zosocaneI'll crack a books if I want it raw but of course there is exceptions to every rule. I wouldn't crack this one out to fondle it. It's a modern and not even a 9.8  |
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MR_SigS private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by JWKyle I agree. I would not crack this out. Not because it's valuable or anything like that. But because it's a novelty item. And I doubt anyone will miss it LOL  |
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MR_SigS private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I joke about giving it CPR in hopes of a 10.0 lol | ||
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I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life.
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kaptainmyke private msg quote post Address this user | |
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JWKyle private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by MR_SigSIt's funny I thought for sure on some of my books they would come back 9.9 or 10.0. Nope just standard 9.8's. I would almost wager if you were to crack and resub it, it may just come back a 9.8. I'm not saying anything except it's easier to call a book a 9.8 then the elusive 9.9 or 10.0. And congrats did you sub it yourself or buy it. |
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I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life.
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kaptainmyke private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I have a Batman 497 that would probably get a 9.9 | ||
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Foghorn_Sam private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I do buy some slabbed books with the intention of cracking them out if I want a decent mid grade copy to have as a reader. I usually do this if I already have higher grade slabbed copy or if it's just a book I want and don't care if I have a high grade copy, but still want the assurance of its condition. | ||
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