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Originally Posted by Jetsfan
One was my 1915 CJ Hal Chase, which I bought in "mint" condition. It graded as a 3.5.
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I too got soured on the hobby back in the early 90s because of stuff like that. I found SGC and PSA to really help ameliorate that problem for me. Your CJ Chase is a perfect example of why Third Party Grading (TPG) is so important to our hobby, particularly in light of the internet. I would have told you there was a crease or some other hard-to-see flaw in your card, even though it presents so darn well.
People often forget that grading is designed to help see hidden flaws -- not to boil down the eye appeal of a card to a single number between 1 and 10. When you rely too heavily on the number, you lose the aesthetics of the card that probably brought you into the hobby in the first place. My one piece of advice would be to use TPG as a guide, not a crutch, towards getting the kinds of cards you want to buy without the concern that you're missing a hidden defect.
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