Should be interesting CSG 52 Topps Mays

[D. Bergin]

What's worse? A beat up 1952 Willie Mays getting a GD+ grade from CSG.............or a trimmed 1952 Willie Mays getting an 8 from PSA?

Hmmmmmm!

[chadeast]

There was a thread last month talking about CSG, and I posted a few mockups of what could be done with their holder to make it not horrible for vintage cards, because their current holder is clearly not going to work. I was rooting for them.

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...=288750&page=3

But they clearly need to get their grading in order first or they might as well not bother.

[ALBB]

If that sells for that price..Im selling mine immediately

[Leon]

That is too lenient of a grade. I was sort of afraid that might happen. Maybe they will tighten their standards as others have done. One can hope.

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[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

What's worse? A beat up 1952 Willie Mays getting a GD+ grade from CSG.............or a trimmed 1952 Willie Mays getting an 8 from PSA?

Hmmmmmm!

[Directly]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

What's worse? A beat up 1952 Willie Mays getting a GD+ grade from CSG.............or a trimmed 1952 Willie Mays getting an 8 from PSA

This PSA 4 Cobb appears to have several issues--bent left corner, possible thumb nail imprint across the card, staining ? Would this PSA 4 grade be accurate compared to another PSA 4 Cobb Bat Off with none of those issues ?

[ASF123]

In fairness, a grade of 2.5/10 for a card in this condition would make perfect sense in a saner world, one in which basically the entire upper third (half?) of the 1-10 range wasn’t given over to parsing the tiniest differences between great-looking cards to ensure bragging rights and huge prices for the mintiest of the minty. But alas, that’s not the world we live in.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by ASF123

In fairness, a grade of 2.5/10 for a card in this condition would make perfect sense in a saner world, one in which basically the entire upper third (half?) of the 1-10 range wasn’t given over to parsing the tiniest differences between great-looking cards to ensure bragging rights and huge prices for the mintiest of the minty. But alas, that’s not the world we live in.

Yup. Before grading companies and perfectly trimmed cards..........That was a Good+ or better all day on the card show circuit.

But hey, PSA has done such a bang up job so far, turning card trimmers into millionaires, we should hold them up as the gold standard for 2. freakin 5's.

[Bigdaddy]

Originally Posted by ASF123

In fairness, a grade of 2.5/10 for a card in this condition would make perfect sense in a saner world, one in which basically the entire upper third (half?) of the 1-10 range wasn’t given over to parsing the tiniest differences between great-looking cards to ensure bragging rights and huge prices for the mintiest of the minty. But alas, that’s not the world we live in.

Bingo, was just thinking this same thought as I read through the thread. We expect (hope) that a new company will come in and clean up all the mistakes of the current TPGs. Why is it so crazy to think that they might change the Auth - 10 grading scale that is currently in use, where the naked eye loses it's ability to distinguish cards at the upper level and a 1 or 2 can have such varying levels of eye appeal? If you want them to be different than the establishment, then don't knock 'em when they are.

I do however, think the flips suck.