Worth grading?

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by rdwyer

Thanks for the help. I always get surprised when grading pre 80's cards.

Richard, did you piggyback with me before??

[rdwyer]

no, not yet.

[rats60]

It is only worth grading if you are doing a 50 or 100 card bulk order. I would only grade if it is a $100+ card if it grades one grade less than I think it will. $20 plus shipping both ways is too much to invest in a $75 card.

[rdwyer]

Thanks again for the help.

[KCRfan1]

Let us know if you grade the card and what it comes back at!

[jchcollins]

Hard to tell, and often the difference in mid-grade can be things they see under the magnification that you don't. The corners look good enough on it to me to be a 6, but I've seen cards like that graded a 5, and cards with worse corners graded a 6. Personally I would not get it graded if you know it's authentic and are happy with it in your collection. But that's my general opinion on all raw cards. I buy graded online because it helps narrow down a range of conditions for the money, but if I have a raw card that is nice already I don't usually see a point in sending it in for grading.

[dio]

I don't think it's worth grading for anything under 100
shipping back and forth is like 10-15 bucks(bubble mailer/postage/gas to post office)
grading assume using the group grading special, 12-15 bucks
that's 20-30 bucks there already
if graded back less than a 5, you basically lost.
If you're going to send alone with other cards, then probably worth a try

[MCoxon]

I agree with other posters that it could be anywhere from a 5 to a 6.5, and I also think that with the slab and a minimum 5 it will be a $75 card and look nice as well in the slab...so I'd personally do it given I think it has a benefit for a PC or if you want to unload it sometime down the line...