Grading Companies

[Robextend]

I agree in trusting the 3 major companies (SGC, PSA and Beckett) over the others. I also believe in terms of re-sale value that I would agree

Pre-War: SGC
Post-War: PSA
Modern: Beckett

However if you are grading cards more for collecting rather than worrying about re-sale, I would say I prefer SGC over PSA for post-war cards as well. I feel at times there is an unfair stigma attached to SGC's post-war grading. I've seen many PSA and SGC graded post-war cards and I still feel SGC is better in terms of fairly assessing a card's condition. Just my two cents...

Rob

[cozmokramer]

good timing for a question on grading companies...

over the past couple weeks i've been contacted a few times by a startup company that has MANY resources joining them from the other big grading companies. from my discussion it appears that they have a solid plan, unique holder and an approach to serve the mid priced card market.

they'll make it affordable to have lower tier/priced cards graded with fees in the $3 range with a 20 day turnaround. they describe some unique tools to assist collectors sell online as well.

i know they've contacted a few board members on here and will be doing some marketing blitz over the next month.

[GehrigFan]

Virtually never see anything from AGS. Of the KSA cards I have seen, I actually would trust their cards more than most of the other second tier (non Beckett, PSA, SGC, GAI) holders. They seem to crossover to ours more successfully than most of the other 125+ current or former second tier companies.

As someone already stated, you pretty much need to see the card in hand first.

[chaddurbin]

if the AGS is from the guy selling a few prewar cards on ebay...then they're all reprints. wouldn't be surprised if he slabbed them himself.