Dmitri Young Collection

[drc]

If you lose money on sales results like those, you probably shouldn't be investing in baseball cards.

[Mrmiamih]

Article makes PSA Look awful

Like they gave in to Dmitri, which is wrong , if the card was a 9 , why was it bumped to a 10, because it was from a MLB player

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Mrmiamih

Article makes _______ Look awful

... if the card was a 9 , why was it bumped to a 10...

For the sake of this conversation, I choose to assume that they had no knowledge of who was submitting the card.

For the sake of this conversation, I choose to not pay attention to the name of the card grading company involved in this specific circumstance.


The fact is that a grading company took a card with a certain grade, and after repeated attempts, turned it into a card with a higher grade, which illustrates why we "raw" guys laugh (and cry) at grading in general.

Doug

[Volod]

Back in the late '80's, when grading started to take off, I thought it was nothing more than a gimmick, aimed at the investing crowd just then getting into the card market. Now, I sneer at it as the scam it really is.

[WhenItWasAHobby]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

The fact is that a grading company took a card with a certain grade, and after repeated attempts, turned it into a card with a higher grade, which illustrates why we "raw" guys laugh (and cry) at grading in general.

Doug

How true. Besides the highly volatile subjectivity that goes into grading, the reality that many doctored cards get graded and sell for mucho dinero should terrify any sane person. In fact one Hall of Fame registery member once openly admitted that if he gets a card reject for evidence of trimming, he'll resubmit up to four times until it gets a grade.

[aro13]

I doubt he lost money. The total he spent did not equal what the last auction pulled in but he sold many cards along the way. If he upgraded a 9 to a 10, he would probably have sold the 9.