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lol of course have u been under a rock the past yr
they are in demand so much they are currently backed up i believe (the grading companies)
Anyone Collect Sports Cards?
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lol of course have u been under a rock the past yr
they are in demand so much they are currently backed up i believe (the grading companies)
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Yeap. I haven't bought any cards since the early 2000s. Buying those graded Jordan and Gretzky rookies were probably one of my last card purchases. And I think I paid around 400-500 each for those PSA 7s. That was what i could afford at the time. PSA 8 and 9 were out of my price range and will forever be unless i win the lottery or hit big at the casino.
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lol of course have u been under a rock the past yr
they are in demand so much they are currently backed up i believe (the grading companies)
I just checked some of the prices for grading. Wtf! It's going to cost an arm and leg. I'm good. I'll keep my cards upgraded. I guess the only real reason to get a card graded is if I wanted a higher resell value. But who am I kidding i haven't resold anything in a long time. I think I have 5-6 UDA Gretzky jerseys in the closet that hasn't seen the light of day since I bought. I was planning on hanging them in the house but that never happened.
If i can ever get the high prices asked for the PSA 7 Jordan rookies. I will sell them in a heartbeat. I could start some nice home renovations with that cash. And keep my lowly BGS 6 rookie for the collection.
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They raised price of grading at basically all service levels earlier this year. Yea, it's a ripoff at this point unless you have a guaranteed money card that will grade high
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I dont think so
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Low key happy to see people buying the "wrong" Pokemon elite trainer boxes. Funny part is there's a card that goes for around $200+ ungraded.
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Which 1, I bought the wrong box the other day, the new red joint
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Battle Styles, there's a red one and there's a blue one.
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I tried finding a Pokémon card thread, would I be booed posting about them in here?
I recently sent one off to get graded and am waiting for it to come back.
I recently sent one off to get graded and am waiting for it to come back.
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post them here. Several others have
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how long ago and when are u expecting it back
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I sent it off end of April, I’m hoping for by the end of June. Sent to CGC instead of PSA due to $, wait times, and I’m not looking to sell it. Just wanted it graded and slabbed.
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Also, PSA is backed up like a year or more for Pokémon cards. Idk if they separate the sports cards, but I think the last i looked they disabled everything but the $300 per card submissions and up.lol of course have u been under a rock the past yr
they are in demand so much they are currently backed up i believe (the grading companies)
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damn. I’m trying to get my old Pokémon cards and some sports cards PSA grades to sell. Was trying to wait out the current delays but one year yikes.
gonna try looking into third party services I guess
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I heard through the grapevine that PSA would start accepting bulk submissions again in July.
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Tyranitar V Alternate Full Art. It's a card of Tyranitar sleeping after eating a large mealthats the 1 i copped
which card in there is the one
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You could debate going BGS but they grade hard and idk if the market value = PSA grades
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I assume since PSA is the big name their grades will be easier to sell. I’ll look into it more.
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Beckett as far as I know will sell for the same or maybe even more in the sports world.
PSA is the grail for Pokémon, mainly because PSA 9/10 are easier to achieve and the culture has deemed them as the grail / standard. Beckett is notorious for grading harder than PSA and CGC.
Sports cards, selling price graded I imagine goes:
Beckett -> PSA -> other
Pokémon cards, selling price graded I’ve seen goes:
PSA -> Beckett -> CGC -> Other
- Feb 26, 2020
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Can’t speak for Pokémon but for sports cards PSA is currently the gold standard and it has become harder to get a 10 from them. Beckett might have been the standard in the past but that isn’t the case anymore
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Hopefully HGA card grading picks up cause its less subjective
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Good to know, thanks for the info!
Damn PSA taking over everything.
I thought I heard somewhere that PSA recently got or is getting some high end tech to look at cards in hopes to speed up their turnaround times. I felt as though this will cause some variance between PSA cards graded prior to this tech vs after it’s implemented. Thoughts?
That thought made me shy away from PSA for now, but I’m not ruling out pushing my Lugia to them for grading should I ever decide to sell it and them still being top dollar.
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