1956 Mantle PSA 5....What is this sticker?? (Purple Label Company)

[Rookiemonster]

Originally Posted by ruth_rookie

I was his first customer and got 2 for 2...

all kidding aside, there's no doubt that all 5's are not equal. Nor 6's. Nor 7's, etc. The question is "are people willing to pay for a third party to make that assessment?" we've already paid good money to have it graded, and now we pay again. not sure what the answer is. only time and the market will tell. can't blame someone for giving it a go, however. I wish you luck in your new endeavor. who knows, maybe it will pan out.

Congrats one the big green stars ! They look great on the holder! I would give those green stars a purple star.

[Rich Klein]

I saw a thread on the post-war board which said: Show me your under-graded cards.

Here is the link to that thread which is currently running:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=250623

In addition, how often do we as a group note: "That card has great eye appeal for a 1" or "Looks like a higher grade to me".

I can not make any assumptions about the creator of this site but to me, it sounds hypocritical to complain about something like this if we ourselves constantly brag about such cards. He is looking for an underserved part of the market and I understand the point. Now, we may not agree on the specific cards but if we're going to disagree -- it needs to be on the concept first.

Rich

[Peter_Spaeth]

That's the whole point Rich. We can judge these things for ourselves, we don't need a sticker.

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

That's the whole point Rich. We can judge these things for ourselves, we don't need a sticker.

Especially if the sticker is going to be erroneously applied. Can you REALLY with a straight face tell me that Johnny Bench rookie PSA 1 is undergraded??? Seriosuly???????????????

[2dueces]

If only this service was available for rating women.
A purple sticker would have saved me around $1M
and 2 divorces.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

Especially if the sticker is going to be erroneously applied. Can you REALLY with a straight face tell me that Johnny Bench rookie PSA 1 is undergraded??? Seriosuly???????????????

Maybe they are trying the PSA model. Have horrible customer service, be very inconsistent in grading, and take your sweet time delivering your product. It worked for PSA just look at the sheeple line up to highly overpay for their magic plastic holders that sometimes have the correct grade.

The purple sticker gentleman is just trying to fix a small percentage of their mistakes. Now he just needs to get it on a ton of slabs so everyone will depend on the Purple Sticker like they do PSA slabs for their collection to have any value.

[toledo_mudhen]

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

That's the whole point Rich. We can judge these things for ourselves, we don't need a sticker.

WE Can tell; not everyone who buys cards is as well-educated as we are. I will repeat what I said, and this is not whether I believe he is doing good work or not. For some people; having that sticker makes sense and the market is not being serviced for this type of situation.

If he does a good job, people will use the service. If not, the service will go away. But it is something not currently done in the marketplace and as such does make sense as a new opportunity for a business.

I remember having breakfast with Roger Neufelt before a Philly show maybe 12-15 years ago and this is when PSA had not yet created the .5. His point at the time was a PSA 8 could be a 7.51 to an 8.50. Using that logic, an card which we would now grade 8.5 was graded an 8 and thus qualifies for that purple sticker.