Posted By:
Ted ZanidakisWhether its GAI.....PSA.....SGC.....etc, etc., in today's environment they all basically
serve the same purpose: and, that is to provide you a higher degree of confidence
that you are acquiring an item that some professional deems is authentic (and not
altered, or otherwise).
The "NUMBERS GAME" is something totally different, it can be arbitrary, it does vary
from one Grading service to another, can be frustrating when one company views a
card as "evid. of trim", and another grades the same card. But, most striking of all....
can someone out there honestly tell me why the number "8" is so magical ?
And, why a "9" commands a price an order of magnitude greater than an "8" ?
Finally, if a Pre-War card could get a "10", would it command a price 100 times that
of an "8" for the same card ? And, what human eye can really discern the difference
between an "8 or 9 or 10" ?
I guess I'm just an old T-Rex and should have stayed back in the Paleolithic Age;
because....darn it....I just don't understand.