Ungraded heavyweights?

[Exhibitman]

There’s a lot of stuff out there with collectors who started in the 1970s and who are not likely to sell until they die and their estates are liquidated. I look at lots of my stuff and think about slabbing but opt not to. Why bother if I am not going to sell it? It is costly and bulky.

[Leon]

One board member, who is a very good hobby friend, has a T206 Wagner he bought long ago that is still ungraded. It is probably a 5 in condition.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Leon

One board member, who is a very good hobby friend, has a T206 Wagner he bought long ago that is still ungraded. It is probably a 5 in condition.

That would put it in the $2 - 3,000,000 range.

I would get it slabbed just for insurance purposes.

[x2drich2000]

Have either the Goode or Fritsch Wagners ever been graded?

[Bpm0014]

That makes 1040 between us. Mine are mostly lower grade but not beaters.

That makes 1560 between us 3.....

[nat]

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

That makes 1040 between us. Mine are mostly lower grade but not beaters.

That makes 1560 between us 3.....

That makes 1563 between us 4.

[iowadoc77]

Originally Posted by nat

That makes 1563 between us 4.

That makes over 2000 for us 5

[Rookiemonster]

Originally Posted by Leon

One board member, who is a very good hobby friend, has a T206 Wagner he bought long ago that is still ungraded. It is probably a 5 in condition.

This is what I’m talking about. This is so unbelievable to me. I bout a card graded psa 2 that I would love to pop out but the price difference is So different between grades I don’t want to pop it out.

I also have a lot of ungraded vintage but that’s not really what I’m talking about. If you had a Wagner and it wasn’t obvious that it’s in poor condition, wouldn’t it kill you to know the dirrence in the grade/price?or 52 mantle? Or a sporting new Ruth?

[Republicaninmass]

Apparently people have vastly different views of "heavy weights"

[brianp-beme]

Due to the attached 3/4" thick wood plaque, I believe this more than qualifies as a 'heavyweight' card.

Brian

[Bigdaddy]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Due to the attached 3/4" thick wood plaque, I believe this more than qualifies as a 'heavyweight' card.

Brian

At a minimum, it would qualify as 'slabbed'

[Rookiemonster]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Due to the attached 3/4" thick wood plaque, I believe this more than qualifies as a 'heavyweight' card.

Brian

Looks like mans first attempt at slabbing. Lol where did you get this from? Judging by the etchings on the back it’s graded a 3.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Rookiemonster

Looks like mans first attempt at slabbing. Lol where did you get this from? Judging by the etchings on the back it’s graded a 3.

You can tell it is one of the earlier incarnations of these primitive slabs in that the grade is carved on the lower back. Later wooden slab versions adopted the more familiar top front grade demarcation, and utilized Roman numerals.

Brian (picked up during ebay's iron age)

[toledo_mudhen]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

Apparently people have vastly different views of "heavy weights"

Yes that is correct -

With the advent of eBay and having been "burned" several times, I now find that I don't "trust" any card of any higher value that is not currently slabbed by one of the top 3 TPGs.

Not sure where that threshold is exactly but I would say any card worth more than a couple hundred dollars if I am buying online and the card is advertised as NRMT.