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Posted By: T206Collector

Leon and Wonka,

I made an offer to Jim a few months back to split the cost of having SGC or even PSA take a second look at his PSA 8 T206 cards. He refused, based on loss in value. Obviously he was much less concerned with cleaning up the hobby when the hobby started with his collection.

These are the excerpts from that conversation:

T206Collector:
"I will split the cost of testing my theory with you: crack all of
your PSA 8 T206 cards out of holders and then submit them raw to
either SGC or even back to PSA. Do you really think that your 8's
will all return in 8 holders again? I am willing to bet -- again, by
splitting the cost of this endeavor with you -- that even PSA would
not grade a meaningful number of your former PSA 8's on a raw
resubmission, either by giving them lower grades or by rejecting them
for evidence of trimming. How much does it cost to submit 150 cards
to PSA? $1,500? As soon as you're ready to do it, let me know where
to send my check for $750. If you really want an interesting study,
you'd do the right thing and send them to SGC first, before cracking
them back out and putting them back into PSA holders. If you're so
willing to spend thousands of dollars on your PSA 8 collection, you
should be equally willing to spend a few hundred dollars to see what
SGC thinks about your pristine T206 collection. And, I'm not talking
about having David Foreman over for cocktails and a quick showing of
your illustrious PSA collection. I'm talking about a blind submission
of raw cards. If my experience [with PSA] is anything like yours, I would guess that 1 in 4 would have problems."

JIMC Response:
"why would I want to break out cards that individually are worth
$2,000-$6,000 out of their holders? While I am sure some would not
regrade I am not about arbitrarily destroying the value of my
collection."

T206COllector Response:
"It would not 'arbitrarily destroy the value of your collection' if all
of the cards got the same grades that they have now. In fact, the
value would stay the same."

JIMC Response:
"I just told you I am sure a certain number bof 8s would not
regrade--yet you ask it again."