Are graded cards the future of vintage?

[G1911]

Originally Posted by homerunhitter

Good point! I do however remember that one time when I was selling a bunch of vintage topps (1957-1970 topps) I went to a BIG TIME dealer in our hobby and was told “I can’t give you much for the raw cards because I have to factor in the time and effort it’s going to take me to grade these myself (this was way before the psa grading card boom) but if they were graded I could give you much more.” At that point that’s probably when I should of realized that in regards to resale value, graded gets more then raw (generally speaking) I think I just answered my own question!

If you are investing to sell for a profit, then go do graded and high grade. Nothing has changed the last 20 years.

[homerunhitter]

Not looking to resale for a profit as I’m a true collector. Leaning more to do it for 20,30,40 years from now when my grandkids inherit them , they they won’t be taken advantage of some card dealer/card shop because as mentioned above, graded cards are becoming more popular by the day and I’m starting to think that years from now a box of vintage raw wine being in the save money as a bunch of vintage graded cards)

[G1911]

Originally Posted by homerunhitter

Not looking to resale for a profit as I’m a true collector. Leaning more to do it for 20,30,40 years from now when my grandkids inherit them , they they won’t be taken advantage of some card dealer/card shop because as mentioned above, graded cards are becoming more popular by the day and I’m starting to think that years from now a box of vintage raw wine being in the save money as a bunch of vintage graded cards)

If you're looking to sell in 20+ years, graded doesn't matter at all. The trendy slab then won't be the trendy slab now; just as PSA and SGC cards from 20 years ago sell for quite a bit less than more recently graded ones as their standards change and shift.

Heck, in 20-40 years, the odds are pretty good that grading will be done by a machine program, and eyeball graded cards will be heavily frowned upon. Collect now, grade in 20-40 years when you divest.

[homerunhitter]

Don’t want to leave the grading burden on my family when they inherit my collection in 20,30, 40 years. They will have enough to deal with instead of worrying how to submit cards for grading.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by homerunhitter

Don’t want to leave the grading burden on my family when they inherit my collection in 20,30, 40 years. They will have enough to deal with instead of worrying how to submit cards for grading.

Then cross your fingers nothing changes as technology evolves.

[homerunhitter]

You are absolutely right and this is a valid point. I totally get it and agree with you however, the other side of the coin is if cards aren’t graded now, you and I both know some 37 year old card dealer they still lives in his parents basement posting video Games and eating Cheetos and drinking Mountain Dew all day is going to try to take advantage of families that are trying to sell their loved ones collection because it will be way to easy to tell someone that doesn’t know about cards “hey, this stuff isn’t in good condition” I’ll give you $50 for it all! Hard to do that when they are all graded already. Plus most of the big name consignment services like probstein, only deal with graded cards. They won’t even accept raw cards if you sent them in (if a family decided to send in their loved ones cards) and like mentioned above some of the bigger card dealers/shops that I’ve dealt with totally took advantage of me because my cards were raw and not graded. (Offering to buy my cards for Pennies on the dollar!) so it is peace of mind for the most part but your right if technology changes and it will. This topic/conversation might all be a mute point anyway as people would want the most current form of graded technology.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by homerunhitter

You are absolutely right and this is a valid point. I totally get it and agree with you however, the other side of the coin is if cards aren’t graded now, you and I both know some 37 year old card dealer they still lives in his parents basement posting video Games and eating Cheetos and drinking Mountain Dew all day is going to try to take advantage of families that are trying to sell their loved ones collection because it will be way to easy to tell someone that doesn’t know about cards “hey, this stuff isn’t in good condition” I’ll give you $50 for it all! Hard to do that when they are all graded already. Plus most of the big name consignment services like probstein, only deal with graded cards. They won’t even accept raw cards if you sent them in (if a family decided to send in their loved ones cards) and like mentioned above some of the bigger card dealers/shops that I’ve dealt with totally took advantage of me because my cards were raw and not graded. (Offering to buy my cards for Pennies on the dollar!) so it is peace of mind for the most part but your right if technology changes and it will. This topic/conversation might all be a mute point anyway as people would want the most current form of graded technology.

Include a sentence in your will highlighting the estimated general range value. Attach a 1 page document to your will telling them to go to X hobby friend for advice. Heck, you could write a 1 sentence notice: “The baseball cards are worth ~$100,000 at the time of writing (date). Do not sell to the first offer, post on Net54 upon my demise for advice on grading and auction houses”. You could do a longer one pager and periodically update it with the trendy grader of the moment and the trendy auction house of the moment to go talk too. There is absolutely no reason people need to get suckered so easily. Just a general notice like this will do it; I’m sure your heirs would do a little work for a big pay day. The person inheriting the bulk of mine is aware what to do, and I have such documents and a short provision in my Will to make it abundantly clear.

[homerunhitter]

So now I must ask the question of the decade! Based on all of the above info given in regards to old slabs vs newer slabs, may I ask, do you think an older slabbed psa card or a raw card will have more value in the future? Thanks

[homerunhitter]

Any new updates or thoughts?