PSA 9 vs. SGC 96 Huge Price Disparity

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by steve B

I really think it's more about the registry and the competition to have the "best" set.

Yes, everyone likes to think the company they prefer has tighter standards and is more consistent etc. And everyone can find scans supporting the argument either way.

for what it's worth I sent a handful of modern cards to SGC on one of the specials since I was sending some old stuff as well. And despite being chosen for really good centering and corners and checked for flaws they didn't do as well as I'd hoped. Only 2 nines out of eight 81 Topps, and the 81 Donruss I thought was pretty much perfect only got an 84 The 91T Jones and 93 UD Jeters were all 88s.

Steve B

SGC has a registry , so there are SGC registry guys..and in auction houses now you see them talk about SGC registries a lot.......I think whats important is how many set collectors are out there to grab commons and LOW Pop cards to give value to guys not named Mantle/mays/cobb etc...registry guys paying sick prices is overrated at least for post war....they know what they want to pay for cards because they are in it for the long haul...when I had 700 1952 topps PSA 8 cards to sell I knew of the main set collectors...contacted them before ebay to try direct deals and I know their ebay ids....maybe 10% of the time on ebay somebody from the top finished/unfinished sets would win the card.....its not all about the registry guys....it was funny though that I would be turned down in a direct deal and that same guy ends up winning the card on PWCC a few weeks later paying more than I asked...