Posted By:
Bruce Dorskind
Whilst we are amenable to Rhett's suggestion, we believe that there are a large number
of major collectors who truly care what SGC and PSA thinks. Most major auction houses
would not think twice about having a post card graded- especially if it was one whose
value was $1000 or more.
Grading can be helpful. We asked SGC to grade 15 rare post cards from our collection.
While several came back with high grades, a few (with writing) received grades of Authentic.
However, one of more treasured post cards came back as trimmed. We were fortunate to be able
to return it to the dealer who sold it to us.
It is interesting that people raise the question about writing/non writing. While post cards
are not baseball cards- those baseball card sets with coupons= i.e. Zeenuts, Red Man Tobacco
and 1959 Yoo Hoo have cards graded with and without coupons. Cards in high grades with
coupons sell for 3 -6 times as much as those without coupons.
It may not all be about the money, but one of the ways that new postcards will surface is
if they become more valuable and their condition and authenticity is affirmed
Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List