Are cards with older PSA cases worth less?

[homerunhitter]

I’ve been seeing a lot of chatter and discussions on social media groups saying that overall, people want the newer slabs vs older slabs. So already people are wanting the newer cooler slabs which proves the point that todays slabs will take a back seat to the new slabs that gone out in 5,10,20 years! So the question now is why collect todays slabs when in the future they will be outdated much like the “older” slabs are today?

[3-2-count]

If the cert has no issues and I like the quality of the card I could care less if its in an old or new slab.

The card will ultimately determine if I proceed or not, not the age of the plastic that it resides in.

[raulus]

Certainly sellers love to highlight that their card is in a new holder, and therefore you should be willing to pay more for it. They also love to argue that the card is undergraded and therefore it’s worth a lot more.

And sometimes they are probably right, although I’ve never seen anyone ask less and highlight that their card is overgraded…

[Carter08]

I think psa and sgc have gotten tougher on grading recently so a new cert number means that it passed an arguably tougher standard. That said, there are still plenty of old cert numbers that look like undergrades and new cert numbers that look like overgrades.

[Johnny630]

To me a PSA Slab Makes Zero Difference how old or how new it is. It’s about the card itself, each card is different regardless of the age of the holder.

[homerunhitter]

I agree with all of the above statements 110% however eBay completed sales would disagree with us as buyers nowadays seem to want the newer slabs!

[sox1903wschamp]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

To me a PSA Slab Makes Zero Difference how old or how new it is. It’s about the card itself, each card is different regardless of the age of the holder.

Maybe so but for me, the old slabs before the plastic redesign (maybe 2013/14) are oh so easy to open. Very very easy. Just a good fingernail will do it. Not saying the current slabs are foil proof but at least you need more then a good nail or dull butter knife.

[aro13]

Originally Posted by sox1903wschamp

Maybe so but for me, the old slabs before the plastic redesign (maybe 2013/14) are oh so easy to open. Very very easy. Just a good fingernail will do it. Not saying the current slabs are foil proof but at least you need more then a good nail or dull butter knife.

I agree. At least with the new slab you don't have to worry as much about a card being switched in the holder.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by raulus

Certainly sellers love to highlight that their card is in a new holder, and therefore you should be willing to pay more for it. They also love to argue that the card is undergraded and therefore it’s worth a lot more.

And sometimes they are probably right, although I’ve never seen anyone ask less and highlight that their card is overgraded…

Well it's an auction company so we're not "asking" any set amount, but we call out over-graded cards fairly regularly.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Well it's an auction company so we're not "asking" any set amount, but we call out over-graded cards fairly regularly.

Good on you, mate!

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by raulus

Good on you, mate!

“Generous” is the polite way to say it and I bought a card from Collector Connection that was refreshingly and accurately described as generously graded.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Carter08

“Generous” is the polite way to say it and I bought a card from Collector Connection that was refreshingly and accurately described as generously graded.

HA. I guess now I know what to look for. The terminology is a bit hilarious to me, but maybe I’m just easily amused.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Carter08

“Generous” is the polite way to say it and I bought a card from Collector Connection that was refreshingly and accurately described as generously graded.

IT's always nice to see a company describe a card correctly.

As to the OPs question, there used to be more lenient grading but I think you still have to take each card on its own...
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