Greg Morris Cards

[jstef]

I'm going to push back a little. GMC often gets very high prices for raw cards it evaluates as NM/MT. I've often seen one of their NM/MT raw cards sell for as much as a graded copy. In fact, I know someone (I see him every time I look in the mirror) who paid more than $200 for a 1958 Topps Ed Mathews that GMC had evaluated as NM/MT. It was graded NMT by SGC. which means I'll take about a $100 hit if I ever sell it.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by jstef

I'm going to push back a little. GMC often gets very high prices for raw cards it evaluates as NM/MT. I've often seen one of their NM/MT raw cards sell for as much as a graded copy. In fact, I know someone (I see him every time I look in the mirror) who paid more than $200 for a 1958 Topps Ed Mathews that GMC had evaluated as NM/MT. It was graded NMT by SGC. which means I'll take about a $100 hit if I ever sell it.

Not to be harsh but paying a graded price for an ungraded card is foolhardy. The differences between the grades at higher levels are so small that nobody can perfectly predict what a card will receive. That doesn't mean the seller was lying or not being strict enough in his grading.

The fact that he's coming in consistently within one grade is very good. It easily puts him in the pantheon of reliable ebay sellers. I strive to be within one grade either way with my grades but I do miss by more on occasion.