Collectors (PSA) Acquired SGC

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Originally Posted by Fred

After reading through this thread there seems to be "SGC" and "PSA" collectors. I'm neither. I collect cards that may or may not be encapsulated and if encapsulated, it could be by either (or different) TPG plastic housing the cards.

I'm not going to bust the card out of a piece of plastic because of some BS brand loyalty to a TPG whose subjectivity is just as bad as the other TPG.

In the end, does it really matter? It's a piece of plastic with a paper flip. I can't imagine why the encapsulation is going to influence the pricing that much.

I get it, if it's in a PSA slab it may get a little more money, but do people really think that because it's not in PSA plastic, the card is going to be worth so much less?

The writers of Seinfeld could have had a field day with this topic. I could see Larry David poking a lot of fun at this in Curb Your Enthusiasm.

I agree with most of this...EXCEPT that only card nerds would appreciate a curb episode on this topic...not funny for the masses!

I could see a documentary on the comical corruption of the sports card hobby someday on tbs or the history channel.