tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post1830068662764521073..comments2024-03-11T18:37:39.427-04:00Comments on Shoebox Legends: A Case for Graded Cardsshoeboxlegendshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11642879419337014960noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-46252498961929001682011-05-18T21:19:56.504-04:002011-05-18T21:19:56.504-04:00Thanks for all your comments everyone. This defin...Thanks for all your comments everyone. This definitely gives me some varying perspective. I'll be adding "The Card" to my summer reading list...shoeboxlegendshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11642879419337014960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-72496727786533660242011-05-18T15:55:21.300-04:002011-05-18T15:55:21.300-04:00The only graded cards I buy are T205s from 1911. ...The only graded cards I buy are T205s from 1911. I just started a team set of the NY Giants. <br />I think grading is good for sight-unseen purchases like you have done. You can be sure (at least we still hope so) that the card is authentic and really is in the condition reflected by the grade. <br />Having said that, I think grading is otherwise a corporate corruption of an honest recreational hobby. I think that a Gem Mint card should never be worth any more than a pristine raw version. High book value of the ungraded card should be the maximum of a graded one too. Because realistically, all grading at 9 or 10 does is cement the condition at Mint. Any of that other stuff about population among other graded cards or whatever is irrelevant.GCAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-60957215333673990382011-05-17T23:19:15.119-04:002011-05-17T23:19:15.119-04:00I hate graded cards primarily because I'm a se...I hate graded cards primarily because I'm a set builder and I find them really awkward to store and leaf through. Also, different companies have different-sized holders that don't work well together.<br /><br />I will pick up the odd graded card if it's running under value for some reason, but I'll almost always crack it and put it in my set. My favourite is the card with perfect corners, but a tad off-centre. If it gets a 6.5 or even a 7, ir runs way less than the 8's and it looks just fine in a sheet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-48616969616669896522011-05-17T22:16:06.651-04:002011-05-17T22:16:06.651-04:00I got one of those TriStar Hidden Treasures boxes ...I got one of those TriStar Hidden Treasures boxes once and there was a Parkhurst Steve Yzerman in there. It was a BCCG grade of 10. Upon further review, there is a pretty visible nick in the bottom left hand corner of the card, like the ones you get when you try and put them into toploaders or sleeves too hard. This is one of 8 reasons why I don't trust grading companies.TheRealDFGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12124717470072185198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-78099486244831456362011-05-17T20:26:18.716-04:002011-05-17T20:26:18.716-04:00You bring up some really valid points but in the e...You bring up some really valid points but in the end, its the collector who determines the path they will take--hockey kazihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06945148581319317235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-19274997944636692322011-05-17T16:13:46.798-04:002011-05-17T16:13:46.798-04:00A very well written post.
I don't buy graded ...A very well written post.<br /><br />I don't buy graded cards, but I do believe that there is a place for them in the hobby. I'd be more inclined to buy graded because of your first argument...especially if I were to get into much older sets some day.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09063200864403610622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-61192535796421818342011-05-17T14:00:57.338-04:002011-05-17T14:00:57.338-04:00Great follow-up to Sal's article.
@Jeremy, I ...Great follow-up to Sal's article.<br /><br />@Jeremy, I also read The Card and it just goes to show there are no shortage of "bad guys" in the industry, including the grading companies. The way the Wagner was first acquired really set a negative tone for the rest of the book for me. It just seemed very shady.<br /><br />I also love when a fake patch or auto gets slabbed and the grading company says they don't authenticate the auto or the patch, just the card itself.<br /><br />The whole concept is way too subjective for me to put any faith into graded cards.Nick B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01686543381365303393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525636942493401977.post-80404244625941065172011-05-17T12:47:03.886-04:002011-05-17T12:47:03.886-04:00Have you read the book "The Card"? It...Have you read the book "The Card"? It's about the famous Gretzky Wagner card. It's pretty much well known that the card is sheet cut, but PSA graded it as authentic anyway. Graded cards are just a scam industry.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113044505210572863noreply@blogger.com