SGC T206s....It needs to be brought up, it's scary, very scary if you are a collector

[CMIZ5290]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Part of it is that for the most part PSA now has incredibly strict grading standards. Today's 7 is yesterday's 8. I have seen 5s and 6s that are NM to the eye and almost certainly would have graded higher in years past. So in a sense it's not apples to apples, as SGC grading seems to have stayed more consistent.

Peter, forget all that...Come on...A T206 PSA 7 Cobb vs. an SGC 84 Cobb, same card, same centering, same everything.....Value?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by CMIZ5290

Peter, forget all that...Come on...A T206 PSA 7 Cobb vs. an SGC 84 Cobb, same card, same centering, same everything.....Value?

PSA will sell for more but in part that is because there is a perception that PSA is stricter. The registry is less of a factor than it used to be IMO. Many or most of the current major collectors have built their sets and in some cases are getting out. Low pop commons ain't what they used to be.

[CMIZ5290]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

PSA will sell for more but in part that is because there is a perception that PSA is stricter.

My perception is I have an SGC 84 Waddell that can be bought for $1250. The last PSA 7 I saw went for over $2500....Perception, or reality???

[68Hawk]

Great news!
SGC is the only way I like to go. Cheaper too? Hell yeh!

[CMIZ5290]

Originally Posted by 68Hawk

Great news!
SGC is the only way I like to go. Cheaper too? Hell yeh!

Agreed...

[GregMitch34]

If many SGC cards are worth, say, 4/5s of PSA cards, and you pay accordingly, then no problem. That's already been going on. The only question is: are many SGC cards now plunging, or at least declining, in value? Then there's a problem. You paid less for them but now they are not even keeping their half of the "bargain." If that's what's happening.

[t206fix]

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