Posted By:
Ted ZanidakisI will admit I am an "Old Timer" and I am proud of it. And, furthermore
I do have an "axe to grind" regarding card grading.
(1) This happened to me in Philly. I submitted a really crisp 1949 Stan
Musial card to PSA. They rejected it for "evidence of trim". After a nasty
exchange of words with them, I walked it over to SGC. SGC graded it with
a whopping "88" grade. You figure it, I can't....it's an arbitrary process.
(2) I don't think even a trained eye can tell the difference between a card
graded with an 8, 9, or even a 10. Yet, the difference in price is an order
of magnitude greater for each additional grade. For example....a given card
grade 8 is $1000....grade 9 = $10,000....grade 10 = $100,000. I would never
be crazy enough to pay these prices for what is so incrementally insignifi-
cant a difference
Our hobby has been taken over by the old Coin Grading "artists"; and, we all
know what they did to that hobby. But, mind you it did not occur overnite.