Which grading co. would you choose?

[55koufax]

At this time, who would you select for a grading submission, PSA @ $22 ea or SGC @ $23?

Assume you have 100 cards made up equally in the following categories:

1. • Prewar
   • 50's baseball
   • 60's baseball
   • 70's baseball
   • 50's to 80's football
   • 90's basketball

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by 55koufax

At this time, who would you select for a grading submission, PSA @ $22 ea or SGC @ $23?

Assume you have 100 cards made up equally in the following categories:

1. • Prewar
   • 50's baseball
   • 60's baseball
   • 70's baseball
   • 50's to 80's football
   • 90's basketball

For my collection? SGC every day, and twice on Sunday.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by 55koufax

At this time, who would you select for a grading submission, PSA @ $22 ea or SGC @ $23?

Assume you have 100 cards made up equally in the following categories:

1. • Prewar
   • 50's baseball
   • 60's baseball
   • 70's baseball
   • 50's to 80's football
   • 90's basketball

What are you trying to do with it? Pawn it? Sell it?

[glynparson]

Psa

[Johnny630]

Psa

[Tyruscobb]

Originally Posted by raulus

What are you trying to do with it? Pawn it? Sell it?

Bingo. These are highly relevant questions.

If I needed to quickly flip them, I’d choose SGC all day. If I wanted to flip them, but time was not a concern, I’d choose PSA.

If they are PC cards, choose whichever one you stylistically prefer. I, personally, am partial to the tuxedos.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Tyruscobb

Bingo. These are highly relevant questions.

If I needed to quickly flip them, I’d choose SGC all day. If I wanted to flip them, but time was not a concern, I’d choose PSA.

If they are PC cards, choose whichever one you stylistically prefer. I, personally, am partial to the tuxedos.

tru this!

[kmac32]

SHC any day

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by 55koufax

At this time, who would you select for a grading submission, PSA @ $22 ea or SGC @ $23?

Assume you have 100 cards made up equally in the following categories:

1. • Prewar
   • 50's baseball
   • 60's baseball
   • 70's baseball
   • 50's to 80's football
   • 90's basketball

Did SGC open a new pricing tier? I thought they were still charging $30/card.

[NATCARD]

SGC charges $23 per card through their bulk submitters. I shipped out an order of 202 cards. Received on the 6th, graded on the 12th, shipped back to me on the 13th and expected to arrive on the 16th! SGC ALL DAY!

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by NATCARD

SGC charges $23 per card through their bulk submitters. I shipped out an order of 202 cards. Received on the 6th, graded on the 12th, shipped back to me on the 13th and expected to arrive on the 16th! SGC ALL DAY!

Good to know, thanks. That's quick work, alright! PSA probably wouldn't have opened up your box yet...

[raulus]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Good to know, thanks. That's quick work, alright! PSA probably wouldn't have opened up your box yet...

At the bulk submission level, I think PSA is currently estimating 120 day turnaround. And that's estimating. Delivering could be a whole different story.

My own personal approach is to guess at about 6 months, and then if they are done early, I'm just happy it didn't take the full 6 months.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Whatever the thinking here, the overall market has spoken and will continue to speak unequivocally. The relative turnarounds don't seem to have much impact.

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by NATCARD

SGC charges $23 per card through their bulk submitters. I shipped out an order of 202 cards. Received on the 6th, graded on the 12th, shipped back to me on the 13th and expected to arrive on the 16th! SGC ALL DAY!

Jeff, you and I both know SGC doesn't get the same prices that PSA gets.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

jeff, you and i both know sgc doesn't get the same prices that psa gets.

psa

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

Jeff, you and I both know SGC doesn't get the same prices that PSA gets.

Top three highest sports cards sales were SGC graded.

[Vintagedeputy]

SGC without question, 8 days a week.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by NATCARD

SGC charges $23 per card through their bulk submitters. I shipped out an order of 202 cards. Received on the 6th, graded on the 12th, shipped back to me on the 13th and expected to arrive on the 16th! SGC ALL DAY!

Where might one find one of those $23 bulk submitters?

[mikemb]

I'd keep them raw!

Mike

[alsup2311]

At the time of submission, $12 per card bulk order. Registered mail has not been fun on the turn around.

Examples:

T206https://www.csgcards.com/certlookup/1028469007/

T206https://www.csgcards.com/certlookup/1028469009/

T206https://www.csgcards.com/certlookup/1028469008/

E96https://www.csgcards.com/certlookup/1028469080/

E96https://www.csgcards.com/certlookup/1028469092/

E102https://www.csgcards.com/certlookup/1028469132/

[Snowman]

It depends entirely on the cards themselves and what the flaws are. While yes, it is true that a PSA 5 almost always outsells the same card in an SGC 5 holder, it is not always the case that the sale card will get a 5 at both PSA and SGC. If you take the time to study the subtle nuances that make them different, you can predict fairly accurately what grades you're likely to get at each one. If I have a card that I'm pretty sure PSA will only give me a 4 on, but SGC is likely to give me a 5, then I'm going with SGC because an SGC 5 will outsell that PSA 4 every time.

[T205 GB]

Unfortunatly PSA is the only route to chose for reselling. If you are keeping them then I would say SGC for prewar and PSA for the rest.