Posted By:
jay wolt"I guess he had SGC grade them and put his name on the slab."
I was under the impression that Mastro had his collection graded out
after he died to remarket them more effectively.
Nagy was an old time collector who probably didn't like slabs
and his large collection would triple in size & weight if every card was slabbed. After all 1 binder can hold several "E" sets, but once slabbed
you will need several boxes to store them.
Based on the Mastro auction of the Nagy Collection early this year, all 3 grading
companies were utilized. The T206 Wagner resided in a GAI slab (It has now
been slabbed via SGC at a 1/2 grade lower)The remaining cards were PSA & SGC.
Not sure if the cards were shopped around for better grades or what the criteria that PSA graded this set and SGC graded that set.
I picked this up a few months ago, figuring it would be neat to own a
card that a legendary collector owned. Frank Nagy could have purchased this from a pack as a kid in '33.
I won it for $57 dlvd in June, I think I bid $75.
So no extra value was added in this auction for the Nagy pedigree...jay
