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Originally Posted by perezfan
Strongly disagree...
Yesterday's "4" (obvious creasing, paper loss, round corners, heavy soiling, dull color, poor registration):
https://www.ebay.com/itm/145235228744
Today's "4" (no creasing or wrinkles, no paper loss, no soiling, good corners, great color and registration):
https://www.ebay.com/itm/375976800862
Make no mistake... The grading standards have changed by 2-3 full points over the past decade. |
Totally agree here.
I think there is definitely an opportunity to capitalize on buying nice raw cards if you can score a deal and grade them.
As a collector with a more limited budget in mind, this has allowed me to pick up a few nicer copies of cards with an overall less price after grading compared to buying a card straight up.
That being said you definitely are hoping graders grade consistently which can be a problem.
I’m not the best at eyeballing cards, but I stick to the motto of, “what would be the worst grade this card could feasibly get” and use that to ballpark comps of raw cards + $15 for SGC grading