Auction Card Quality - General Question

[x2drich2000]

Hi Tony,

First off welcome to the board! As you can imagine, everyone judges condition differently and all auction houses are not created equally. Personally, I find some auction houses are spot on and exactly how I would grade, others are "generous" with their grading standards. So it really depends on the individual auction house and how much you are willing to trust them and their grading standards.

DJ

[JollyElm]

Hey Tony,
Perhaps you don't want to 'out' anybody, but it would be helpful to most people reading this thread if you provided us with a link to the auction and then stated what the card actually ended up looking like (what the 'problems' were), so we could get a better feel of whether or not there were deceptive practices at work in that particular auction.

[egbeachley]

I was actually thinking about posting the very same thing. For someone like REA, when they say 18-21% Ex or better, 25-32% VG to VG-EX, 12-16% G, the rest worse with some trimmed, how spot on do you think they are. I know scans would help but I tend to buy larger lots where this is impractical.

[Nunzio11]

That's for the reponses. Not trying to call attention to anything yet. I don't think there are deceptive practices going on and I don't feel cheated so this is more for my own knowledge and hopefully for others as well. But...
If, for example you won an early 60's "Ex 5" lot, would you expect obvious wrinkles, spider lines, and or wax on the face of the card(s)? Things not visible by scan but very obvious in hand.

I would expect soft corners, off centering and some small dings overall.

Just want to make sure I'm looking at things the right way.

[Nunzio11]

Originally Posted by Nunzio11

That's for the reponses. Not trying to call attention to anything yet. I don't think there are deceptive practices going on and I don't feel cheated so this is more for my own knowledge and hopefully for others as well. But...
If, for example you won an early 60's "Ex 5" lot, would you expect obvious wrinkles, spider lines, and or wax on the face of the card(s)? Things not visible by scan but very obvious in hand.

I would expect soft corners, off centering and some small dings overall.

Just want to make sure I'm looking at things the right way.

To be clear this is auction house stuff not eBay. I assume eBay as a crap shoot and buyer beware. As far as auction houses go I guess it can be hit or miss also.