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Posted By: JimB

This is not meant to be a criticism of Lew in any way as in my experience this criticism does not apply to him. I have won lots in his auctions in the past and been very happy. But I need to say that I don't buy the argument that this or that was the way the old school people graded. Maybe it was, but times change and grading standards change. Dealers need to keep up with the times. They don't put up signs saying, "I am old school and therefore I am overgrading two grades by today's standards." Or "I am calling it ex, but if you submit it to a grading company, it will come back vg." When an auction has both graded and raw cards, I would think that the potential buyer should be able to safely assume that the grading standards are roughly equivalent. This is not to say one should be garunteed of a grading company's opinion, but if the dealer has a PSA 4 T206 and a raw T206 they describe as vg/ex, that the two should be pretty close in condition. Just my .02.
JimB