Outline · [ Standard ] · Linear+ Grading has gotten out of hand

[Boston5761]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GAI-9-5-2006-Allen...NYAAOSw5dNWkXEn

[kooljazz1966]

lol... Those boxes are around $350 ungraded. Slabbing unopened boxes will lead to slabbing unopened cases?!!

[Boston5761]

I just don't understand why a slabbed unopened box would appeal to anyone -- but, hey, that's just me

[Boston5761]

I'm all for letting those cards see the light of day

[kooljazz1966]

I just don't understand why a slabbed unopened box would appeal to anyone -- but, hey, that's just me

Comic books, action figures/toys are slabbed as well. What's the fun in that? ..It's more about preservation as ridiculous as it can sometimes get...its how we as a society breed and egg on the fanatic collector and the endless quest for that whale of an "artifact". I suppose only reprints are intended to be enjoyed and the originals are to be preserved.

[captkirk42]

I just don't understand why a slabbed unopened box would appeal to anyone -- but, hey, that's just me

I'm not a huge fan of slabbing to begin with.

In the link provided the 2006 A&G box my only guess as to why slab it is 2006 was the first year of the return of A&G from the pre-1900 tobacco years. So "ooooh" and "aaahhh" all the way around. Kooljazz made a good point about slabbing for preservation and posterity.

[Boston5761]

Comic books, action figures/toys  are slabbed as well. What's the fun in that? ..It's more about preservation as ridiculous as it can sometimes get...its how we as a society breed and egg on the fanatic collector and the endless quest for that whale of an "artifact".    I suppose only reprints are intended to be enjoyed and the originals are to be preserved.

It's overboard at times, that's for sure. Working in the field of cultural resource management, I see it everyday. Too many artifacts spend the rest of their lives pushed away in a dark curation storage room, left to sit in a box, often untouched or viewed by humans for a half-century-plus. It's really hard to fully appreciate something when you never get the chance to fully appreciate it.

[Boston5761]

Don't get me wrong, I can understand slabbing a single card, or coin -- but to slab an entire unopened box of trading cards, is, well, just not my thing. I suppose in my eyes, slabbing an entire unopened box - as this one is - just signifies that there's no real intent to ever open it.


These are trading cards, please enjoy them -- all of them, not just the box lol

[aceecards]

that isnt a bad price for 2006 ginter sealed box

the heck with the grade

[aceecards]

that isnt a bad price for 2006 ginter sealed box

the heck with the grade

meaning if i owned it id crack it

but i dont so i wont

[kooljazz1966]

that isnt a bad price for 2006 ginter sealed box

the heck with the grade

I still have an unopened 2007 A&G Hobby box (Bruce Lee/Arod cover). My sets are done so no need to open. It just sits and rise in value. The few boxes available of 2006 goes for around $350 locally.