1933 goudey Sports King Ty Cobb Grading Opinions??

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by travrosty

just sell it raw, dont waste your money on grading.

Even though the card in question has been sold, for future reference and collectors who might read this thread down the road, the above statement is simply bad advice.

If a person is not willing to acknowledge that a high-dollar, high-grade card in a slab is more likely to bring a better price than one that is not graded, then that person is either ignorant or prejudiced against third-party grading. Or both.

For the record, if TPGs vanished from the Earth tomorrow, I wouldn't care. Likewise, if they are a part of the hobby in 20 years, I probably won't care. Bottom line: I can take them or leave them.

That being said, when I recently was asked to sell some Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and other $2,000-$4,000 cards for a longtime friend, I immediately got them graded. To have done otherwise would have been irresponsible on my part in regard to realizing the most money for my friend.

And yes, most collectors know all of the shortcomings of TPGs and many of the errors they have made, so there's no need to for a string of "Can you believe this" posts about mislabeled, overgraded and undergraded cards. Those errors have not done much to hurt the selling prices of slabbed cards, especially high-end examples. They would not be relevant to the topic at hand.

I can understand wanting to take a stand against something you're against, but that should not include giving bad advice simply in an effort to further your agenda. That is exactly what the quoted statement does.

R0b Dew0lf