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Originally Posted by slidekellyslide
Doug, I suppose the easy answer is because a card inside the PSA slab is worth way more than the same card outside of that slab. I sent my cards in precisely for that reason. Clearly though the standards have changed and I believe Nat gave direct orders to be stricter on all cards, especially certain issues. You can have a great eye and try to sell a card but it’s always going to get more money inside that slab.
As a side note for more anecdotal “proof”, one of our submitters cracked three 1984 Donruss Mattinglys all PSA 9. He believed they could come back as Gem 10s. They came back as 7, 7 and 8.
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This was my logic as to why my cards were worth more since they were PSA graded than they were raw. However, when it came time to declare value and file the insurance claim, PSA chose to ignore their graded card value. Why not just make all cards $99 (or whatever the max value is) and be done with it.