ENDS TONIGHT - T206 Piedmont Doc Crandall - Very Sharp!
 

No creases. Very sharp condition, both front and back, as you can see from the scans. In October, 2019, it received a grade of 4 from SGC, but I cracked it out thinking the grade didn't make sense, given its high-grade-looking condition. However, it no longer fits into my collection, so I'm making it available here.

We will start this auction off at $20. Please raise the top amounts by bidding in increments of $5. The auction will close at midnight EST on Thursday, 3/11/21. Delivery costs will be on me, and PayPal payments are preferred.

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$57

Damn. That is one heck of a 4. $65

75

I know. But I've seen even more egregious grading from PSA. Once I got a '54 Topps Warren Spahn card that was graded PSA 3. I cracked it out because it was so sharp - literally pack-fresh looking. It was completely mystifying to both of us. The seller asked me to let him know if there were any "hidden" creases. I couldn't find any. How that card could have been graded a PSA 3 is beyond me. And there are countless other examples of under-grading out there, as we all know. I think that's why we are seeing more low-grade cards getting disproportionately higher bids. Collectors are truly buying the card, not the grade more than ever because they know the grading standards are all out of whack these days. I tried to copy and paste the SGC order that graded this card as a 4, with this result (below). I wish I could have done it in a more credible manner, but my screenshot won't paste here for some reason.

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ORDER 21590
ROBERT WEEKES
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SUBMITTED ON OCTOBER 27TH 2019, 4:05:37 PM
Please print out this invoice and send it along with your cards for grading to the address below:

SGC
951 YAMATO RD
SUITE 110
BOCA RATON, FL 33431
CUSTOMER INFORMATION
NAME
ROBERT WEEKES
PHONE NUMBER
EMAIL ADDRESS
BILLING INFORMATION
PROMO DISCOUNT
$0.00
SERVICE FEE
$159.00
SHIPPING FEE
$30.00
TOTAL
$189.00

SHIPPING INFORMATION

Yuma, Arizona, 85364, United States

Shipping
- $ 30
Shipping
PAYMENT VIA SGC ACCOUNT
SUBMISSION DETAILS
TOTAL ITEMS ADDED
6

TOTAL DECLARED VALUE
$5,094

TURNAROUND TIME
10 estimated business days

ITEMS ADDED
ID NAME DESCRIPTION GRADE AUTH CODE SERVICE FEE
1 1958 Topps #62 JIMMY BROWN -- Evidence of Trimming -- $15
2 1911 Piedmont Cigarettes T206 Doc Crandall Portrait, With Cap 4 -- $10
3 1911 Piedmont Cigarettes T206 Nap Lajoie With Bat Evidence of Trimming -- $15
4 1910 Sweet Caporal T206 Nap Lajoie With Bat 3 -- $15
5 1909 Piedmont Cigarettes T206 Ty Cobb Bat On Shoulder 3 -- $85
6 1933 Goudey #119 Rogers Hornsby -- 3.5 -- $15

$80

$85

Time to make that final push, as the auction ends tonight at midnight EST.

$90

Sweet deal, gentlemen...