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Posted By: Scott Elkins

It seems all three of the major grading companies are tough on Cobb cards. I had a nice VG T206 Lenox Cobb Bat Off Shoulder graded a "1" by PSA (later cracked it out and traded it to Lipset, who sold it as VG in his auction).

Last year, I had an SGC 20 E98 Cobb I thought was a SOLID GD and might get a 2.5 from GAI. I sent it in with several other cards to GAI. GAI graded it a 1.5 and the rest of the cards graded EXACTLY what I thought they would grade (Tbob has this Red E98 now - you can ask him - much nicer than "Fair").

The one good point is that if you are buying Cobb cards, you can almost rest assured (unless a major auction house sent them to PSA for grading) that you are getting a nice card for the grade.