The Junk Slab Era is in full swing

MiamiMarlinsFan · 07-09-2021, 05:37 PM

I purchased a graded card the other day, and when it arrived in the mail, it was sandwiched between two other slabbed cards. The seller used two junk slabs to protect the one I purchased. I’ve had sellers pack junk wax era cards in purchases before, that happens a lot actually, but I’ve never seen throw-in slabs before. I think this will become more common. The two junk slabs were immediately tossed in the trash after this picture was taken, but at least they helped protect the one card I actually wanted!

PSA2Pac · 07-09-2021, 05:40 PM

Junk *slab era

Theres def some junk slabs out there but most of the ones Ive seen are these BCCGish ones.

All of those repackaged products that come with one slab and a bunch of random cards/trash packs usually have Sage or Hit slabbed junk.

Thats pretty wild though! Lol

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MiamiMarlinsFan · 07-09-2021, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by PSA2Pac

Junk *slab era

Theres def some junk slabs out there but most of the ones Ive seen are these BCCGish ones.

All of those repackaged products that come with one slab and a bunch of random cards/trash packs usually have Sage or Hit slabbed junk

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Whoops… I goofed in my thread title.

PSA2Pac · 07-09-2021, 05:42 PM

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Whoops… I goofed in my thread title. Is that editable?

It is but I usually have issues editing from mobile lol

Desktop is a little bit easier

thenwhatjk · 07-09-2021, 08:57 PM

I’d watch a four part miniseries on the life of the person who subbed that Curtis Conway

Seahawks fan · 07-09-2021, 09:08 PM

Thought this thread was going to be about all the non PSA/BGS/SGC companies/Slabs popping up in droves because people are too impatient to wait.

MiamiMarlinsFan · 07-09-2021, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Seahawks fan

Thought this thread was going to be about all the non PSA/BGS/SGC companies/Slabs popping up in droves because people are too impatient to wait.

I mean… it could be. A lot of those will be free pack-ins for other cards in 10-15 years from now.

MiamiMarlinsFan · 07-09-2021, 09:10 PM

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I’d watch a four part miniseries on the life of the person who subbed that Curtis Conway

It’s his 3rd year card. Had to have been a super fan. Super super fan.

hugh · 07-10-2021, 02:17 AM

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Originally Posted by MiamiMarlinsFan

It’s his 3rd year card. Had to have been a super fan. Super super fan.

Yeah, super dumb

wiper · 07-10-2021, 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by thenwhatjk

I’d watch a four part miniseries on the life of the person who subbed that Curtis Conway

ahahahahaha

jaysfan80 · 07-10-2021, 06:38 AM

BCCG junk from MJ holdings repack boxes

keysersoze3421 · 07-10-2021, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by thenwhatjk

I’d watch a four part miniseries on the life of the person who subbed that Curtis Conway

It’d be 3-minute episodes.

tribefan26 · 07-10-2021, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by thenwhatjk

I’d watch a four part miniseries on the life of the person who subbed that Curtis Conway

We’re collectors ever able to submit to BCCG? I always thought they were repacks for Fairfield, Excell and the like

oldgoldy97 · 07-10-2021, 08:12 AM

The junk slab era started in 1991.

k13 · 07-10-2021, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by tribefan26

We’re collectors ever able to submit to BCCG? I always thought they were repacks for Fairfield, Excell and the like

Yes...

Giroux · 07-10-2021, 09:47 AM

Lmao at those slabs. Not sure where the seller got them but I'd do the same if acquired in a lot or something. Actually just taking up space.

deathwished13 · 07-10-2021, 10:26 AM

Those "junk slabs" gave been around for a decade or more in Fairfield repacks

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deathwished13 · 07-10-2021, 10:28 AM

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Lmao at those slabs. Not sure where the seller got them but I'd do the same if acquired in a lot or something. Actually just taking up space.

Fairfield repacks , also got a decent amount of sage hit pat Maholmes bccg nines and tens. Think I sold 11 of them for 100+ before the boom

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discodanman45 · 07-10-2021, 11:25 AM

To the original poster, thank you for throwing them in the trash and not allowing them to go into mystery packs. We definitely have an issue and it is exponentially getting worse. I see the importance of grading, but I don't like the speculative nature of it. Grading companies will soon be pushing out 10 million slabs a year, this will become very common in the future.

nabzy28 · 07-10-2021, 12:35 PM

I remember flipping through bargain boxes at shows of $2, $3, $5... etc. slabs way back, thinking, why the hell would anyone grade this garbage in the first place? (Though, honestly, many graders are thinking the exact same thing right now, as they dig through millions of commons in the current backlog...)

Bobbyplaza133 · 07-10-2021, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by thenwhatjk

I’d watch a four part miniseries on the life of the person who subbed that Curtis Conway

It would be called Pop 1.

deathwished13 · 07-10-2021, 04:46 PM

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Yeah, super dumb

Or Fairfield sent them a box of junk wax and worked a deal Out with them to grade the whole box for these very boxes that have been around forever. Even if someone did though not sure why people would care who /what people collect.

Sorry I guess they call themselves mj holdings company these days

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lvzxy · 07-10-2021, 06:25 PM

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Sorry I guess they call themselves mj holdings company these days

I believe Fairfield is by Excell.

packman80 · 07-10-2021, 07:18 PM

3-5 years from now with the idiots sending in every card you see to be graded you will go to shows and see $1 bins full of slabbed cards from 2020-2021 cards as people find out no one wants a PSA 9 of some guy who was a UDFA and cut at the end of TC.

49erRCCollector · 07-10-2021, 07:40 PM

Someone needs to start a “show off your junkiest junk slab” thread. It would pretty amazing.

07-09-2021, 05:37 PM	#1
MiamiMarlinsFan Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Florida Posts: 13,672	The Junk Slab Era is in full swing I purchased a graded card the other day, and when it arrived in the mail, it was sandwiched between two other slabbed cards. The seller used two junk slabs to protect the one I purchased. I’ve had sellers pack junk wax era cards in purchases before, that happens a lot actually, but I’ve never seen throw-in slabs before. I think this will become more common. The two junk slabs were immediately tossed in the trash after this picture was taken, but at least they helped protect the one card I actually wanted! Last edited by MiamiMarlinsFan; 07-09-2021 at 05:42 PM.

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oldgoldy97 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 51,156	The junk slab era started in 1991. __________________ Truly riveting discussion: that’s what your wife/girlfriend/sheep said.

07-10-2021, 11:25 AM	#19
discodanman45 Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: CA Posts: 9,789 danch27	To the original poster, thank you for throwing them in the trash and not allowing them to go into mystery packs. We definitely have an issue and it is exponentially getting worse. I see the importance of grading, but I don't like the speculative nature of it. Grading companies will soon be pushing out 10 million slabs a year, this will become very common in the future. __________________ Always looking for rarer Rik Smits cards and cards from the 2014-15 Spectra Global Icons set. Send me a message!

07-09-2021, 05:40 PM	#2
PSA2Pac Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 3,893	Junk *slab era Theres def some junk slabs out there but most of the ones Ive seen are these BCCGish ones. All of those repackaged products that come with one slab and a bunch of random cards/trash packs usually have Sage or Hit slabbed junk. Thats pretty wild though! Lol Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

07-10-2021, 06:38 AM	#11
jaysfan80 Member Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 124 Maniac_73	BCCG junk from MJ holdings repack boxes

07-10-2021, 09:47 AM	#16
Giroux Member Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: USA Posts: 4,891 cardsgoingup	Lmao at those slabs. Not sure where the seller got them but I'd do the same if acquired in a lot or something. Actually just taking up space.

07-10-2021, 10:26 AM	#17
deathwished13 Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 798 deathwished13	Those "junk slabs" gave been around for a decade or more in Fairfield repacks Sent from my KYOCERA-E6920 using Tapatalk

07-10-2021, 12:35 PM	#20
nabzy28 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: In a warehouse of common sense Posts: 7,275 nabzy28	I remember flipping through bargain boxes at shows of $2, $3, $5... etc. slabs way back, thinking, why the hell would anyone grade this garbage in the first place? (Though, honestly, many graders are thinking the exact same thing right now, as they dig through millions of commons in the current backlog...) __________________ Sent from my Danger Hiptop T-Mobile Sidekick in 2002

07-10-2021, 07:18 PM	#24
packman80 Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 17,139	3-5 years from now with the idiots sending in every card you see to be graded you will go to shows and see $1 bins full of slabbed cards from 2020-2021 cards as people find out no one wants a PSA 9 of some guy who was a UDFA and cut at the end of TC.

07-10-2021, 07:40 PM	#25
49erRCCollector Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 12,634	Someone needs to start a “show off your junkiest junk slab” thread. It would pretty amazing. __________________ Will MASSIVELY overpay for: 2002 Fleer Authentix #180, 181 Derek Smith & Zack Bronson AND 2007 Upper Deck Target Exclusive Rookies Autographs #261 Joe Staley #'d to /5