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There's no downside in having it graded.
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I agree. There is no downside - other than the grading fee and shipping/insurance costs. The upside is: (1) You can easily store it with your other slabbed cards; (2) It is better protected; and (3) surely, the slab will clue your family in that it has value when yougo to that big card show in the sky one day.
Great card by the way! |
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Thanks everybody for the great advice! I found this in a box with my other postcards recently and had forgotten I had it. When I looked up a value for SGC I was surprised.
We decided not to grade it. I can keep it between a couple graded Cobb Exhibit cards and it will be safe. When the time comes for my wife to sell it, she has an old dealer friend who can help. Grading at SGC looks like 275 including return shipping. Getting it there is the hard part. USPS lost the last card I sold and insurance was a struggle. I don't want that again! Anyway thanks again. You guys helped a lot! |
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1) Cost. I realize you may make it back when you sell, but if he is not planning on selling
2) Not having the item in your possession for X months 3) Getting lost or damaged in mail or by grading company You may feel the upside well compensates for these, and you are probably right (if planning to sell), but downsides do exist.
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2. SGC is turning cards around in two weeks or less. 3. USPS registered mail is 99.99999% safe with full insurance for the item. They don't lose these because someone in the postal service has to sign off on the package at each stage of the shipment and whoever signs is personally responsible for the package at that stage. Last edited by rand1com; 10-28-2022 at 11:08 AM. Reason: content |
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1. Yes, but if he's not looking to sell he could use the grading fee to afford more cards. 2. Also yes, but if doing the grading to sell, most people feel PSA graded items sell for more than other TPG graded items, so using SGC may not be considered a good grading option. 3. Yes once more, but you can only control that when sending to the TPG. What about when it is being back to you? Can you dictate to any/all the TPGs you may use how they have to return it to you? |
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Remember, if you have it slabbed, you can no longer do this to your card.
Brian (not my fingers, not my toes) |
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Exactly - you can't touch it any more! You could only view it through the plastic condom.
![]() Just think, a little more pressure and you'd have a card that would allow you to practice removing a crease from the card. Admittedly, I have MANY slabbed cards but at least you can let a 4 year old play with them and not worry too much about them.
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![]() Just think, a little more pressure and you'd have a card that would allow you to practice removing a crease from the card. Admittedly, I have MANY slabbed cards but at least you can let a 4 year old play with them and not worry too much about them.
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And when asked by someone like the OP, the best we can do is try to present and give as many different options, along with the pros and cons of each, to the various alternatives and choices available so the person asking has as much info as possible to make the best informed decision for themself that they can. All good, and hopefully whatever the OP chooses and ends up doing satisfies and makes him happy. Last edited by BobC; 10-28-2022 at 06:35 PM. |
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Sorry - Double post.
Last edited by BobC; 10-28-2022 at 03:14 PM. |
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