How does CSG compare?

[Rhotchkiss]

I collect prewar (almost all pre WWI). I would not buy a card in a CSG slab and I would have doubts about any card in a CSG slab just bc why would they go there vs SGC/PSA? I have the same opinion about Beckett; there is a 1914 CJ set all slabbed in Beckett for that hot second when Beckett bought Goodwin’s auction, but aside from those, I want no part of a prewar card in a Beckett slab.

I find it noteworthy that VCP is starting to accumulate data on CSG sales

[Yoda]

I can't still but help wonder why Ebay went with the least popular TPG'er under their convoluted 'authenticity' marketing disaster. Guess PSA, SGC and Beckett must have told them to go pound sand.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Yoda

I can't still but help wonder why Ebay went with the least popular TPG'er under their convoluted 'authenticity' marketing disaster. Guess PSA, SGC and Beckett must have told them to go pound sand.

My guess is price and they got that price because they are smart over at CSG. The advertising they get is as they say priceless. I still need to add one of their early slabs to my slab collection.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by bnorth

My guess is price and they got that price because they are smart over at CSG. The advertising they get is as they say priceless. I still need to add one of their early slabs to my slab collection.

+1

I would think that this was a shrewd marketing move by CSG to attempt to demonstrate that they can run with the big dogs. Or at least they are trusted enough by a major market player so much that we should all trust them too.

Sort of like how I implicitly trust Tom Brady and Steph Curry when it comes to all of my investment decisions.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by raulus

Sort of like how I implicitly trust Tom Brady and Steph Curry when it comes to all of my investment decisions.

Oh man, I got some bad news for you friend

[bobbyw8469]

Let's stop kidding ourselves. CSG doesn't bring the prices PSA and SGC bring.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

Let's stop kidding ourselves. CSG doesn't bring the prices PSA and SGC bring.

I don’t think anyone is suggesting that they do.

The only question is how much of a discount applies to CSG v. the competition.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

I collect prewar (almost all pre WWI). I would not buy a card in a CSG slab and I would have doubts about any card in a CSG slab just bc why would they go there vs SGC/PSA?

Perhaps because they wanted their cards back this century? CSG has been cheaper and quicker than PSA and has not messed up my orders anywhere near as often as SGC. My last SGC order had a major card misidentified and two variations not noted on the slabs. 3/12 cards wrong.

CSG is not going away, folks. it is part of a well-capitalized, established collectibles grading business. I think the time to go with CSG grading on vintage is when many are trash-talking it. The same was true of SGC when it started up. I got most of my vintage slabbed with SGC when it was relatively cheap and easy, and it was a prudent move since the prices for SGC and PSA are much closer than before. Over time, as us old farts age out and newer collectors take over, they will do so in a multiverse of TPGs that will include CSG. I also like their holders better than SGC and BVG, and they definitely do a better job than PSA with oddball or irregularly shaped cards