To Grade or Not to Grade: T3 Cobb

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Posted By: Craig

Your opinions please.

I am considering sending a T3 Cobb to PSA for grading. It's a nice, clean mid-grade card, but has a pinhole. This means it will only received a 1.

I aim to resell the card, but wonder if having it graded and slabbed forever in a PSA-1 holder will do more harm than good. On the one hand, having it graded will give a certain confidence to some bidders. On the other hand, having it graded at all and receiving a 1 may turn-off some others.

Any advice?

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Posted By: T206Collector

Then sell it as "VG-EX, but with small pin hole," or something like that.

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Posted By: Bruce Babcock

I would not. I don't think grading it would bring more $. My copy of the card would grade vg at best because of a couple of virtually unseen surface wrinkles, but, as they say, it "presents well." Your card probably does too. A smart collector will buy the card, not the holder, IMO.

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Posted By: andy becker

hi craig,
i assume you would let an auction take it's course rather than sell it at a set price....and if that's so, then i'd grade it. imo, you will recoup the grading fees and then some. if there is only one bidder who would prefer the slab, then it is worth it. if a buyer does not want the slab then they can crack it out. i do not think you will not exclude any potential buyers by grading.
regards
andy

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

The Union of Sucker Baseball Card Collectors, for the most part, dig graded cards...even 1s.

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Posted By: davidcycleback

My guess is that if graded it will fetch a higher price. Either way, everyone's going to know it has a pinhole. It's all up to whether some will bid higher due to the holder, and my guess is that some will.

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Posted By: Keith O'Leary

I agree Craig. I always do with my spares, It gives the warm fuzzy.

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Posted By: Shannon

Does SGC grade T3s?

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Posted By: Josh K.

not yet

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Posted By: Greg Ecklund

What are the chances that SGC will start grading T3's in the future - has anyone discussed this with them before? I have about half the set that I would send them right away if they were to start the service.

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Posted By: Josh K.

I seem to remember hearing somewhere that SGC may start slabbing larger cards - no idea if that had any basis in fact or not.

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Posted By: Richard

I asked SGC's customer service about 2 months ago if they had any plans on grading T3's and they said no plans at all.

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Posted By: Josh K.

Richard,

I would suggest that you spoke to the wrong people and that even if they did have plans to do so, customer service would not provide that information until it became final.

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Posted By: jay wolt

"I asked SGC's customer service about 2 months ago if they had any plans on grading T3's and they said no plans at all."

I asked Dave Foreman the same question at the last Fort Washington show, a little over 2 months ago. He replied "We're looking into it"
Don't know if it will ever happen, but they are considering it...jay

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Posted By: Richard

Thanks Josh and Jay for confirming that I am a nobody.