Opinion needed. Thinking of submitting Pujols' for slabbing

Jsa will be at local card store

I want to submit a few ginters for encapsulation protection

I dont want any damage done to the cards. But they look so nice slabbed

What would you do?

Pre slabbed


Slabbed





I want these slabbed.

I think that they look pretty good slabbed!

I'd get them slabbed. Not only will they be protected but personally I like the look of the BGS slabs.

ALWAYS slab

i love the longoria...DO IT!

I like the look of PSA/DNA slabs better than BGS personally, but since the Longo is BGS, you might as well slab the others with BGS as well.

Sweet cards.

That Longoria is SWEET! I wouldn't mind having one of the Pujols' either.

Slab as long as price isn't too much. Those are some gems and worth the added protection.

Slab away. Your collection will look better in all the same holders.

I really don't get the point of slabbing them. I see four reasons to do it--authenticity, protection, uniformity and BGS-slab-sexinesss appeal--and I don't think that any of them really make sense in this case.

Authenticity: Most (all?) of those cards were from paid signings, so the authenticity is not in question.

Uniformity: You can get that many different ways, such as in a binder, in toploaders, or in magnetic/screw down cases. Another thing to consider here is that there are over a thousand A&G cards. How many do you want to get slabbed, and will it bother you if you only do it with some of them?

Protection: When's the last time that you damaged a card that was in one of the above? Binders maybe, but most of the time, when cards are damaged it's due to handling when they're out of a holder. Toploaders are more pliable than slabs, but you'd have to really twist one to damage the card within. Finally, magnetic or screw down holders have got to protect a card just as well as any slab.

BGS-slab-sexiness appeal: I think it really comes down to this. Lots of people on this board seem to think that you're only "down with it" if your cards are slabbed. It's similar to how people want cards of the next great prospect: partly because you might make a profit off of them, but to a greater extent, I think, because that's what everyone else wants. I'm far from immune to herd mentality myself--I wear my Abercrombie, and occassionally laugh at jokes I don't get. But damn, $20 for a freaking piece of plastic? Your call dude, but that's not for me.