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Originally Posted by glynparson
In almost all cases PSA will outsell SGC. If the 1953 Mantle crosses to PSA it will sell for more. I have a friend who was looking for one he had a client at 50K on a PSA 8. Pretending SGC generally does not sell for less than PSA in most cases is just that pretending. The vast majority of full time graded card dealers use PSA and there is a reason for it. They sell for more money. SGC is generally a very fine company but this board sometimes advances some ideas about them that just are not true. I have heard some claim every SGC card would grade higher with PSA that is false I have heard some claim they are tougher on T206 I also feel that is false. Is SGC more consistent of course when you have had two vintage graders for almost 15 years that are the same, you are going to be more consistent. They also have less mistakes of course they do they've graded less than 10% of what PSA has graded. Again SGC is a fine alternative to PSA if you prefer their customer service or holders. Also their are some outlier issues where they may outsell PSA Old Judges come to mind but across the board issue for issue it is generally not close. So if you are a collector go with either one but if you want to maximize sales Id say 9 out of 10 times PSA will get you more money. Just because one prefers elements of SGC does not make their cards sell for more. PS I have bought cards from Kevin and found him to be knowledgable, honest, and very fair. For the record I would not have paid him what I did for the cards i purchased had they been in SGC and not PSA holders.
Pss From the looks of the scan I have no problem with the 8 grade as I think the chipping may be from the factory cut, at least it looks that way in the scans to me.
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Right they are pretending....as for shilling on ebay, at least we can see bid history..on the big AHs we don't know squat....it not like there isn't shilling at other AH..plus ebay you can see if its just 2 bidders bringing up the price at a certain price point or if its 5 or so bidders..i know I would be interested in buying a card where there were 7 unique bidders on the last ebay auction that bid over that hypothetical amount..yes all the 7 accounts could be faked I guess but at another AH you have no idea how many unique bidders would of been over that hypothethical price point and yeah that could be shilled as well....nothing is perfect , you use information that you get and make a decision......I just tired of the ebay talk of shilling when at least you have a chance to partially assess it versus zero assessment with other auction houses..
also getting tired of people trying to hear people 'pretend' as you say that SGC cards sell for PSA prices on average............ I never seen a PSA listed card on ebay on the listing also put 'like an SGC'....but I see tons of SGC cards talk about being able to cross the card and put PSA?...