Have you ever bought PRO graded cards

[fkw]

PRO Graded cards are usually authentic, but most of the high grade ones are trimmed.

I would love to buy low grade PRO cards because they will probably be cheaper than a raw card because of all the collectors scared of the PRO holder.

But Ive only bough PRO cards 2 times, and both were great deals.

One was a common Tango Egg card (McQuillen) I got for pennies on the $.

And the other PRO card I still have is this one below...

The slab is huge and very high quality, but its way too big for a card thats slightly larger than a Postcard.

I could use it as a cutting board!


1948 American Association Babe Ruth

[HRBAKER]

Pro 4 = very dull knife/scissors

[buymycards]

It's hard to check anything closely with the crappy scans. Why wouldn't someone selling these types of items provide decent scans? Makes me think that the seller doesn't want the cards to be scrutinized.

Rick

[slantycouch]

I've always stayed away because of horror stories of trimmed cards, but I just went to their site and was impressed/surprised by these two points:

Originally Posted by PRO Grading Site

1. Our holders filter out 98% of the UV-A radiation that damages sports cards by causing photochemical changes, brittle cardboard, fading, and color shifts. This is accomplished with a very expensive additive which we have in our plastic. You can't see the filter, but 10 years from now a collector will know the difference by the appearance of his cards. The ones in cheap holders will have faded, while the cards in PRO holders will still look as good as they do today.

2. PRO holders are all made of optical or medical grade plastics, which are guaranteed to be free of impurities, which are permitted in all commercial plastic. We do this because we recognize that many impurities can cause spotting and color changes simply due to the chemical composition of the impurity. At PRO we don't want to be the cause of a yellow spot forming on Michael Jordan's head five years down the line.

Certainly amazed to read they use UV filtering holders.

[V117collector]

Originally Posted by HRBAKER

Pro 4 = very dull knife/scissors

Why JUST STAY AWAY!

[tbob]

I've bought a few PRO cards over the years and they always crossed over.
PRO 6 to SGC A, PRO 8 to SGC A and PRO 7 to SGC 20.
I think the cards they grade and slab are authentic, the problem is they are almost always trimmed. When I crossed these 3over, I broke them out and submitted them raw.

[Anthony S.]

Those UV rays inside pitch black safes can be brutal.

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by Anthony S.

Those UV rays inside pitch black safes can be brutal.

Yep, I was just thinking that those PRO holders would be great for protecting the cards I leave on the dash of my car.

[slantycouch]

Originally Posted by Anthony S.

Those UV rays inside pitch black safes can be brutal.

Originally Posted by 4815162342

Yep, I was just thinking that those PRO holders would be great for protecting the cards I leave on the dash of my car.

Haha very true, although I know some people like to display them on wall shelves or frames.