REA just got most of my cards back, graded.

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

I'm so shocked, I lost my appetite...many more disappointments than pleasant surprises...there was a '58 Clemente, autographed, that I paid about $20 for--the signature is real...

They made some mistakes, but I made a bunch, too. Of course, if they can grade a g-vg '34 Grove a 60...maybe they're wrong in the other direction too.

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Posted By: quan

any highlights? how did the the nice condition n162s and the n300s grade? ur cracker jacks are real nice also! good luck with the upcoming auction.

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Posted By: Cat

How did the Mayo cards do?

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Posted By: BlackSoxFan

how did the Black Sox Stuff do?

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Black Sox Fan

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

about the Black Sox Zeenuts..but it doesn't really matter what Mark says about a reserve...if a lot of people want them, they'll go high, and if not many do, they'll go low. I AM going to fight to have them in separate lots...
The W514 Felsch and Williams DID NOT GRADE, because they are cut INSIDE the dotted line..although very neatly. The others graded fine (except I was disappointed in the national Game Jackson getting a 60..geez...). Standard Bisacuit Jackson is a 4, just like it was when I popped it out. The CJ Cicotte is too high (in keeping with grading companies ignoring stains on CJs). I couldn't ask about EVERYTHING.

Some of the OJs did very well (2 Hoys, 2 Kellys, the Griffith--I think_- and the Duffy. ) And they will mostly all be offereed separately (including the Mack--which is just a whisp of a picture!),high or low grade.

You won't BELIEVE what's gonna be in the next REA! I think Rob told me so the word would get around, but I'd better ask. The guy who wrote all over the back of Mickey Welch is ALSO famous--dunno what his name is.

I'm not going to say much about the N162s and N300s right now--Scott F, your Keefe got a 60 (N162), the Anson did very well,(N300) the delahanty did better than the Keefe (N300).--they apparently put more stock in centereing than lack of creases! The Ewing is slightly touched=up , as it was when I bought it, and you will be shown WHERE.

The Jackies are all 5s, 6s and a 7. That's impossible--one of them is surely lesser-conditioned...

Oh the N332-8 Ewing-- a--40, or 50 or something! Incredible! Nice card, but...

On the whole, I'd rather make my own mistakes than rely on SGC and PSA to make them for me!

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Posted By: Brian H (misunderestimated)

Actually, the reason I most curious about some of the T202s is that you (Julie) got them from me in holders and then broke them out.... I wonder how consistent the grading was over time ?

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

He expects to at least HEAR tomorrow or the next day.

As with my '56 Topps set (have 107 T202s), he only got "selected" ones graded--I wish he'd picked out the nicest cards, instead of the most famous players. With the '56 Topps, I didn;'t hear one grade under a 5--which is so dumb, because Mays, Koufax, Clemente--were all old cards that maybe my son collected, and I built the set up around them. Harridge was an 8 (isn't that FASCINATING?), Williams was a 6...who cares....

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Posted By: Brian H (misunderestimated)

Julie-
I (for one) would be interested in the results on the T202s once you get them.... THe Harridge will bring big money in that grade (#1 card and, technically, a HOF rookie).

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

T202 collectors like PSA...


I can't always tell who's graded my cards. When he says the Standard Biscuit Jackson is a "4", does he really mean as "40"? Why did he have a M-101-4 (or whatever)graded by PSA..do M101-4 collectors like PSA too? I

Actually, the idea of getting all those couponless, spider-webbed Zeenuts--OH the 1911 Zeenut Weaver got a--a 60? Can that be right?? Good LORD!!! Maybe he said 50. STILL TOO HIGH.

Grading companies don't have a brain between them!!!!!! Oh yeah Ben--the Caruthers N162 I traded you for got a 60! Yeah--the one with about 12 creases in the middle (even if they are small)....

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Posted By: tbob

Julie- you said there were a lot of disappointments in the grades received yet you have detailed a number of cards which, in your own estimation, graded too high. Are you just not listing prewar cards which graded lower than expected and just pointing out the ones which graded too high or is this just another case of "look who is submitting the cards to the company" as opposed to Joe Schmoe who the big fellers have never heard of...

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Posted By: pete

do you think they are grading high so they can bring in more money???

my best pitch was the one that made it to the plate!

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

I'm going to talk to Rob again today, with a pen. My Cobb bat off, got an 86--I've had it in Mylar for over 20 years.

This will be in the next REA. It's HUGE