Define: "High Grade"

[GregMitch34]

Old question, I guess, but: This term thrown around all the time but I am wondering if there is consensus on what it signifies or if changes depending on how tough the card is or what?

[christopher.herman]

A PSA 1 Plank is still "low grade" and "low end" regardless of scarcity and population reports. A dealer touting that the card is "the highest ever graded Pop 1 of 1" PSA 3 does not make the card "high end".

A skanky 3:00 AM "3" at the local bar on a Saturday night is still a "3". It still does not make her "high end" just because she is the hottest girl in the bar at that time. She may be the "best available" at the time but Scarlett Johannson can walk in at any time. Unlikely but it could happen.


As the recent Black Swamp find has shown, a motherload of PSA 9 Cobbs can surface at any time flooding the market and shift the whole scale.

--C.

[sportscardpete]

Originally Posted by christopher.herman

A skanky 3:00 AM "3" at the local bar on a Saturday night is still a "3". It still does not make her "high end" just because she is the hottest girl in the bar at that time. She may be the "best available" at the time but Scarlett Johannson can walk in at any time. Unlikely but it could happen.
--C.

LOL!


I would think high end depends on the set. 7 or above for most sets, but other more obscure sets like the e107 would probably be a 3.


I guess a simple way to do it is take all the grades in a single set from a pop chart, put them in a range, and average the first 10% of the grades.


Ex - A set has 50 graded cards, so take the 5 highest graded (10%) in the population charts and average them.

PSA Grade

10
8
8
7
7


High end for that particular set would be 8.

[ullmandds]

What Chris said...hilarious!!!!!!

[GregMitch34]

I guess I should have limited this to question of "high grade" since high end is obviously subjective. I thought there might be some consensus that "high grade" meant a 7 or above or some such....

[Leon]

High grade- a card I am selling


low grade- a card I am buying

[phikappapsi]

Depends on the era. If you were building a set of "modern" anything, you'd want nothing but 10s... A "high end" set of 50s-70s could be 7+. But I think "high end" for pre war stuff, has to start around 5. Simply considering the lack of protection the cards had for the first 50+ years, it seems logical that the vast majority show just general aging that decreases them to 5 or worse.

[glchen]

I consider high grade 7's or above.

Out of curiosity, what do you consider "pack fresh?" Same thing as high grade except w/ possible centering issues?

[Jason]

To me anything 6 and above is High Grade in regards to graded cards

[CobbSpikedMe]

High grade depends on what set you're talking about. A 1914 Cracker Jack graded a 6 is a lot more high grade than a T206 graded a 6.