Cracker Jack Collectors....what is the secret

[rainier2004]

What cards you got?

You are right, the grading can be all over the place and stains can play a role.

[Golfcollector]

I have a handful, Walsh, Crawford, Clarke, Zimmermann, a few more those are the ones I can remember.

They were cards in a large collection I purchased a couple of months back...I just have zero experience with grading these.

[yanks4]

One comment I would make is if you are lucky enough to have very clean high grade cards you should probably send to PSA ......everything else to SGC. They are by far the most accurate and I believe should be received better by collectors on this board and elsewhere...IMHO....We all would like to see pictures ...Please,.................,,Good Luck, Marty

[Leon]

Originally Posted by rainier2004

What cards you got?

You are right, the grading can be all over the place and stains can play a role.

From my experiences stains get graded all over the place too. Personally I kind of like a few light stains (not in any important areas) on my CJs....

[ajjohnsonsoxfan]

Saying that grading is all over the place is the understatement of the year when referring to CJ's. I have the cleanest Wagner with zero stains but with a hairline crease that got a 2 but others with missing corners and stains up the yazoo with a 3 or 4. It's a head scratcher. I think PSA was much more lenient on CJ's in the past and is now much stricter.

[Golfcollector]

Here are a couple I already have scans of on the computer



The crawford is in a holder hence the tape..it is not on the card

[rainier2004]

AJ - That's a beautiful Wagner! Very clean, very bright and very nice.

[yanksfan09]

I've never submitted to PSA, but of the cards I've bought in PSA holders they have been more inconsistent. I've seen a number of very under-graded cards but also some over graded. SGC may be a bit more lax with staining, but I feel are more consistent with the issue overall.

[GregMitch34]

I had a wonderful 1914 CJ for Oldring that SGC graded a 3. But the corners and image and color all suggested a 5/6. Problem was it was rather heavily stained--not the usual ugly blotches but a somewhat uniform taint. I asked an SGC guy at a show if it might get an upgrade and he said no way because of the stainy tone. A year later I submitted to them at the same show--and it came back a 4.5. That seemed fair to me. But even SGC was all over the map on same card.