1959 Topps baseball - ALL PSA 9's (4x)!!! ENDING TONIGHT (5/16)!

[bobbyw8469]

will admit that my post was a bit snotty, but my records show me that I paid a total of $15 for the same four cards in decently centered, nice corners, nice colors condition when I was putting my 1959 set together within the last few years.

I have to ask though...did your cards get a '9' grade? are you aware that the difference between an '8' and a '9' is HUGE!?!?! Same way a '9' versus a '10' is huge?? We are talking about a $5 card versus a $100+ card going from 8-9 range, and $100+ card to $1,000+ going from 9-10!!!!

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

... are you aware that the difference between an '8' and a '9' is HUGE!?!?! Same way a '9' versus a '10' is huge?? We are talking about a $5 card versus a $100+ card going from 8-9 range, and $100+ card to $1,000+ going from 9-10!!!!

LOL! The difference is "HUGE!?!?"? Really?

Mathematically, the difference between an "8" and a "9" is 1.

Aesthetically, the difference between a PSA 8 and a PSA 9 is minute.

Only in the tiny subset of the world that includes PSA set registry people is that difference huge. And that subset isn't large enough of a population to guarantee any kind of results.

Seems to me you should list your auctions here, maybe bump them once when they're closing, and then thank everyone and then move on.

Complaining to the same audience you hope to sell to, does not seem like a solid business plan.

[bobbyw8469]

I apologize....I don't believe I was complaining....I was helping to explain the difference of someone who thought PSA 9's were $15 cards (when obivously past auction sales and VCP records says otherwise)........

[doug.goodman]

My cards are, based on your scans, of similar quality to yours.

Would PSA or SCG or WTF card grading company allow me to pay them a fee, put my cards into plastic cases, and give each of my cards (their opinion of) a grade? Would that grade be a 9? Or only an 8.72865? Or maybe I would get an 8.72866? Dare I say a 9.00001? We'll never know.

I suppose that any grading company would be happy to accept a fee from me, but of the 42,628 different pre-1993 Topps cards that I own, a grand total of zero are graded.

I stand by my original post. Every graded 9 card began life with a cost considerably less than $15, they are still out there. I'll bet Ted Z has a bunch of them.

I'm sorry that you are so disappointed with how your slabs sold, I'm also sorry that you (and too many others) treat the cards inside the slabs as an afterthought. To each his own, I suppose, but it's sad.

Best regards,
Doug

[bobbyw8469]

No offense taken, and none meant to be given. Your post reminds me of the old days at card shows where a sellers says his card is MINT, and would grade no better than a 6....7 if you were lucky. As much as you disdain card grading, it is an unfortunate necessary evil in the hobby. And unfortunately, a graded card already slabbed a '9', I would take any day over the same raw card that some seller describes as MINT. That is an unfortunate byproduct of 3rd party grading......That is why my graded '9' would command $100, and is how you were able to get your raw MINT card for $5. Does that mean my '9' and your raw are on equal ground?? I don't think so......

[doug.goodman]

Made me laugh.

Doug