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[Mountaineer1999]

I can't tell any difference in these cards but one is going to sell 4x the other. $41 vs. $145 with time on the clock.

I just don't understand the price discrepancies.

[raulus]

If there's still time on the clock, then the final outcome could still end up different, with the spread potentially narrowing. Crazy stuff tends to happen at the end of every auction, and these will likely be no different.

But I think what you're seeing is a simple manifestation that buyers aren't sold on CSG just yet, whereas there are plenty of buyers for PSA graded items.

And if you think the market is mispricing items like this, then the natural answer is to buy up everything you can in a CSG holder, and wait for the prices to rise.

But if you don't want to wait, then you can always just cross them over from CSG to PSA, although it will eat into your profits. Not to mention it might take 3-6 months to get it graded by PSA.

[G1911]

It’s not about the card, it’s about the paper slip that describes an unknown employees thoughts about the card.

[steve B]

[JustinD]

I would only be surprised if you told me the CSG card is higher.

[Kutcher55]

The PSA card looks considerably nicer to me. Better corners, better centering and plus the csg card has top edge issues and what looks like a scratch upper left. Not saying it should be 3x the price but it’s nicer.

[Mountaineer1999]

I thought they were pretty similar save for the fact that PSA is OC.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Kutcher55

The PSA card looks considerably nicer to me. Better corners, better centering and plus the csg card has top edge issues and what looks like a scratch upper left. Not saying it should be 3x the price but it’s nicer.

Apologies, but I'm not seeing the PSA as better centered. If anything, it looks worse to me. They're both about the same (pretty bad) top-bottom, but the CSG example seems much better centered left-right.

[G1911]

I would pick the CSG as the better looking card from the scans. The PSA is one of the red heavy tints that don’t look as good as the darker tints to my biased eyes.

[swarmee]

I would pick the CSG card as well out of these two. Top to bottom centering is much less annoying than left/right.

[Kutcher55]

Originally Posted by raulus

Apologies, but I'm not seeing the PSA as better centered. If anything, it looks worse to me. They're both about the same (pretty bad) top-bottom, but the CSG example seems much better centered left-right.

The CSG card is a whisker away from miscut. The corners aren’t in the same league as the PSA card. The top edge is more jagged than an Old 97s song. There’s also noticeable scratching upper left. $41 still seems like a good deal though relatively speaking.

[brad31]

I would go with the PSA a due to the bottom left corner on the CSG. I love the Old 97’s reference :

“I would give anything not to feel so Jagged”

[D. Bergin]

The scan/photo of the PSA card is so washed out and blurry with the saturation level pushed up to infinity, that I don't know how you could possibly declare it being a better card then the CSG card, without actually having it in hand.

[Chicosbailbonds]

Originally Posted by swarmee

I would pick the CSG card as well out of these two. Top to bottom centering is much less annoying than left/right.

I agree. People will gravitate to the PSA card though.

[Bigdaddy]

+1 on the SGC card being more pleasing to the eyes. The L-R centering, plus the tilt, on the PSA card really knocks it down for me.

[egri]

Agree with the others who have said the CSG card is nicer, though the top/bottom centering (on both) leaves a bit to be desired.

[Chicosbailbonds]

Originally Posted by egri

Agree with the others who have said the CSG card is nicer, though I the top/bottom centering (on both) leaves a bit to be desired.

Agree. The issue with the bottom one for me is it’s off side to side also.