We just purchased a "FRESH" T206 Eddie Plank and are BUYING Vintage Cards! ***

[DeanH3]

Originally Posted by slipk1068

PSA 8 Honus Wagner. Nuff Ced.

+1. Let's not mention WWAG either.

[glynparson]

To just scream Wagner about Psa people can scream Doyle about sgc because just like sgc has a totally different regime so does Psa from the days of the Wagner. It was also a calculated business decision in my opinion and it would be hard to argue that it was not a successful decision. In fact an owner of a chief Psa competitor once told me before he owned the company he now does that he would have slabbed it at the time because of all the press it got them. I can remeber a tony galovich article where he talked about how it only got an 8 but was sold to Gretzky McNall as mint and how they should have asked for some money back. Yell about current issues but talking about something from 24 years ago at a company with entirely different graders a different president and changed from a privately owned company to a publicly owned doesn't really hold any water anymore.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by glynparson

To just scream Wagner about Psa people can scream Doyle about sgc because just like sgc has a totally different regime so does Psa from the days of the Wagner. It was also a calculated business decision in my opinion and it would be hard to argue that it was not a successful decision. In fact an owner of a chief Psa competitor once told me before he owned the company he now does that he would have slabbed it at the time because of all the press it got them. I can remeber a tony galovich article where he talked about how it only got an 8 but was sold to Gretzky McNally as mint and how they should have asked for some money back. Yell about current issues but talking about something from 24 years ago at a company with entirely different graders a different president and changed from a privately owned company to a publicly owned doesn't really hold any water anymore.

I am sure there are many more recent examples at both companies one could talk about as well. To an extent it goes with the territory I suppose, as you mostly are paying for a quick opinion not a crime lab.

[slipk1068]

The questions is, which one is a mistake, and which one is turning a blind eye to a card you know is bad.

[glynparson]

all I have to say about the plank is I personally would advise one use a sniping service if planning on bidding from my personal experiences.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by glynparson

I can remeber a tony galovich article where he talked about how it only got an 8 but was sold to Gretzky McNally as mint and how they should have asked for some money back.

I'm curious, if Gretzky and McNall asked for some money from PSA, wouldn't they also have to surrender the card to PSA?

[Stampsfan]

I don't think this thread is gonna do much to attract advertisers who want to purchase collections.

[glynparson]

Tony was referring to the auction house that called the card mint not Psa who graded it nm mt.