Getting back into vintage collecting after hiatus and have questions...

[jmhumr]

Thanks for the replies!

All the comments on pricing are pretty much what I feared, especially wrt potentially being on a bubble. I'm bullish on the prospect of a broader economic recession, so I guess I may have to monitor things a while. Already took a punch to the beans with our first house purchase last fall, haha.

Good to hear that there's nothing that should concern me regarding the grading companies. All I need is consistency across my collection for display purposes, so as long as there are no signs that SGC is about to flop I'll just stick with them.

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by jmhumr

Thanks for the replies!

All the comments on pricing are pretty much what I feared, especially wrt potentially being on a bubble. I'm bullish on the prospect of a broader economic recession, so I guess I may have to monitor things a while. Already took a punch to the beans with our first house purchase last fall, haha.

Good to hear that there's nothing that should concern me regarding the grading companies. All I need is consistency across my collection for display purposes, so as long as there are no signs that SGC is about to flop I'll just stick with them.

For all their warts, like any TPG'er, I prefer SGC for my prewar collection. If I plan on reselling then the quality of the card always takes precedence regardless of the holder, except the stinkers like PRO if they still exist.

PSA still rules because of set registry and pop counts. IF SGC can get their act together on these key measurements then I think the price gap will shrink over time.

[toledo_mudhen]

Maybe Im looking in the wrong places but it appears to me that there isnt much difference in the price of low-mid grade T206's between PSA & SGC?

[Touch'EmAll]

Eye appeal (high end for the grade) is seemingly more important now than it ever was - centering, print blips, focus, color, tilt cut, crease location on lower technical grade cards. Also, as long as the eye appeal is nice, SGC has closed the gap with PSA prices.