Do you care about the authenticity guaranty provided by grading companies?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by raulus

For the PSA guarantee, my understanding is there is a carve out if the card is obviously mislabeled and the card is clearly a reprint.

I did have a card (not a reprint) that was in a PSA slab that was subsequently identified as doctored. I purchased it in the slab and did not submit it myself. It took a little persistence, but in the end, PSA paid out on the guarantee, in a significant amount. Most of the story is floating around here in a thread, although I’m too lazy to track it down and link it here.

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=349163

Took five seconds, searched in your profile for threads you had started. LOL. Lazy indeed.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=349163

Took five seconds, searched in your profile for threads you had started. LOL. Lazy indeed.

Pretty much. I didn’t mention it before, but I figured some eager beaver would be willing to put in all that effort for me. And my laziness was rewarded!

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by raulus

Pretty much. I didn’t mention it before, but I figured some eager beaver would be willing to put in all that effort for me. And my laziness was rewarded!

OK, maybe it was four seconds LOL.

[Leon]

I voted "sort of" but I should have voted "no".
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[raulus]

Originally Posted by Leon

I voted "sort of" but I should have voted "no".
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Curious whether your "no" is because you don't buy graded cards, you're confident in your personal ability to grade and authenticate without an assist from the TPG, or for some other reason?

[Matt74]

No, I don't think it means much. However, I do think it has become a necessary evil in this age of ecommerce, from the authentication standpoint. The grades themselves can be a handy reference for price point, but they are way too subjective. From the little over a handful of slabs that I do have, I have a bunch with the same grade that are not even close to the same condition (if it matters, my "newest" slab is a 1941). There is supposed to be a set standard, and clearly, there is not.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by raulus

Curious whether your "no" is because you don't buy graded cards, you're confident in your personal ability to grade and authenticate without an assist from the TPG, or for some other reason?

Because the TPG's have basically said they aren't responsible for what they do, in their respective rules.

That, and I think I know more about the stuff I collect than most of the graders do. (I should, I do it more than most of them do.)
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And a type card that they probably know very little about (nor should they, really)