Why grade a card missing a HUGE chunk?
 

I don't know that grading this card was worth the effort.... I am sure 707 gets a huge discount for their volume, but c'mon....

http://cgi.ebay.com/1910-T206-Ed-Kar...item2c57000a2b

I guess at the very least the buyer will know that the card is not a reprint.

auth
 

maybe it's the handwriting on the back containing some esoteric code we
underlings don't have the capabilities of deciphering.

best,
barry

Sellers like to be able to say that "the card has great eye appeal despite the assigned grade."

That does seem a bit silly lol

i don't really understand the waqy this seller operates,
 

but if they can get $19 for a $6 card, then I guess it will have worked.

paypal, ebay, and PSA fees. Not sure he will even break even at $6.

I have a couple cards myself that will more than likely only grade a 10 or A, but I plan to eventually submit them to SGC anyway. I just think it looks nice that way :p:o

So that a seller on BST can describe it as not having any creases?

I could see slabbing a partial card like that only if it was a HOFer, a rarer pose, or had a tough back. Just my $0.02...

Perhaps they simply have a protocal of grading these cards no matter what.

Frank

Or maybe it came with a colection already graded.
Anyone who has bought a collection of any real size knows that there are usually at least a handful of items that are pretty bad/odd. So I can see them buying a batch of T cards and getting a bunch of nice ones and this one. I still have my first T206, and it's not much better. If not for the tape it would be worse. I won't be grading it, but If I was determined to have all my t-206s in the same graded holders I'd have to send it in.

Steve B

I have sent and will continue to send beaters (some of which are missing portions of the card) to SGC for grading for my personal collection. I generally collect lower grade specimens, especially for my E95 and E96 sets, and I like to have them encapsulated by SGC for presentation, protection, and so that I can use the set registry.

That being said, it seems a bit unnecessary if the purpose of the grading is for resale.

I like how it's listed as a PSA 0.

Psa 0?
 

I'd give it a PSA negative 0.25

They should put it on sale 25% off.

When I see listings like this that I know are ridiculously overpriced I'm certain that all the sellers items are overpriced and move on.

Well Tom, if you offer your $0.02 for the card, you just might get it.

That is ridiculous, grading a common card w a huge piece out of it. Grading is the bane of the hobby, when it comes to "commons".

Yes, I'm hoping the hobby can overcome this.

Lol

It was probably graded a few years ago.
 

Believe it or not any graded T206 was selling for at least $20-$30 at shows about 4 years ago. They were really really hot until I think the average guy realized how easy many of the cards in that set are to get if you dont care about condition.