Do PSA slabs *really* sell for more than SGC?

[Beercan collector]

SGC seems to be more in line with the grading I remember in the 80s .
The Goudeys at the top would’ve been high-grade Goudeys Back then .
No seller Back then would have saddled that second Koufax as very good to excellent

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

SGC seems to be more in line with the grading I remember in the 80s .
The Goudeys at the top would’ve been high-grade Goudeys Back then .
No seller Back then would have saddled that second Koufax as very good to excellent

All 3 of those 1960 Topps grades by PSA are absolutely bonkers. Again, no hidden creases at all. Just complete and utter incompetence on PSA's part.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Snowman

All 3 of those 1960 Topps grades by PSA are absolutely bonkers. Again, no hidden creases at all. Just complete and utter incompetence on PSA's part.

Same with my SGC sub, whether or not an aberration. Even allowing for tough grading I was expecting mostly 7s and 8s, possibly a 9 or two. Nothing higher than a 6, including on some nonsport playing cards that were from a gorgeous essentially pristine deck, and a lot of 4s.

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

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Same with my SGC sub, whether or not an aberration. Even allowing for tough grading I was expecting mostly 7s and 8s, possibly a 9 or two. Nothing higher than a 6, including on some nonsport playing cards that were from a gorgeous essentially pristine deck, and a lot of 4s.

I wonder if you got one of their noobie graders? I think all grading companies have suffered from having to hire new people off the street that know nothing about grading card in order to grade the deluge of ultra-modern shiny stuff that floods their gates. Unfortunately, these guys have no idea what they're doing, and when they get handed vintage cards, their brains just malfunction. PSA has a lot more of these noobie graders than the other TPGs, just by nature of the current submission landscape of the hobby, but you can still run into them at any TPG on any given day if you're unlucky.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Snowman

I wonder if you got one of their noobie graders? I think all grading companies have suffered from having to hire new people off the street that know nothing about grading card in order to grade the deluge of ultra-modern shiny stuff that floods their gates. Unfortunately, these guys have no idea what they're doing, and when they get handed vintage cards, their brains just malfunction. PSA has a lot more of these noobie graders than the other TPGs, just by nature of the current submission landscape of the hobby, but you can still run into them at any TPG on any given day if you're unlucky.

Must be what happened.