To grade or not grade for resale?
 

Hello, I have some Detroit R314 Wide Pens and the R313 Gold Medal Flour Detroit set.

Should I get these graded before reselling? Is it worth it?

Thanks joe

I would say have them graded.....

If you don't get them graded everyone will wonder what is wrong with them
that you didn't have them graded.

dh

If they don't have pin holes or other major defects, by all means get them graded. W/ pin holes, SGC won't give you better than a 20, no matter how clean they are.

Thanks for input, I will send them to SGC.

Joe

only if they are high grade
 

If they aren't all as nice as the Cochrane pictured, I wouldn't bother-- especially the R314s. These are not real big-ticket items even in NM -- anything less than EX would be throwing money away. Totally disagree with the poster who said that if they are ungraded everyone will assume there's something wrong with them.

Tim

I agree with Tim. If these won't grade EX or better you are wasting your money I think especially with the R314s. There are plenty of raw wide pens in the hobby.

I'd have to agree with Tim and Jeff, it's not worth the money. Since these are oversized items you're looking at $20 each for grading.

As for me, I wouldn't buy them if they were slabbed.

While the Net 54 audience is
 

Very savvy when it comes to cards; the wider market is not as savvy as we are. I'd get them graded and see if you can get someone from outside our family to jump in to purchase them. Plus the slab should guarantee protection for your card; which makes shipping that much easier.

Regards
Rich

it all boils down to....
 

It all boils down to getting more money from having them graded. I would say for high end HOF'ers in EX or better, yes....anything else, no. And I agree that not everyone will think they are tainted if not graded. On these I wouldn't think twice as long as the seller is good and gives big scans and detailed descriptions.