ISA Graders?

[Jdoggs]

Which cards?

[TanksAndSpartans]

I searched "ISA graded" and found a bunch of cards on eBay - looked like modern cards, mostly baseball and at least 1 football - ironically the seller had "psa" in their eBay name. A google search also showed this was discussed in threads like this: http://forums.collectors.com/message...y&keyword1=isa

[Peter_Spaeth]

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...qualifications

[Peter_Spaeth]

Could be wrong but that card looks a tad short and too neat to me.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1953-Topps-8...p2047675.l2557

[travrosty]

Brian Drent from mile high cards is on board the ISA train, he gives them a glowing testimonial, so the more competition, the better.

[bbcardzman]

Plus I have never seen a 9 with such a bad looking bottom edge.

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Could be wrong but that card looks a tad short and too neat to me.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1953-Topps-8...p2047675.l2557

[Leon]

If anyone wants to play the high grade game I would suggest staying with a company whose "holder" sells. I don't think ISA is one of them.

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Could be wrong but that card looks a tad short and too neat to me.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1953-Topps-8...p2047675.l2557

[iwantitiwinit]

There's a reason that someone submits a card to ISA rather than Beckett, PSA or SGC. How many times do we have to answer the same question. Anything else would be illogical unless it was trimmed or altered. Submitting a high value card to any currently UNPROVEN grading service other than the 3 major grading companies can only benefit one party, the SELLER.

[travrosty]

typical homerism because they have cards already in slabs with these other companies so a new company scares them so its a threat.

i thought it was buy the card not the holder, now it is the holder that is selling.

[Moonlight Graham]

Originally Posted by travrosty

typical homerism because they have cards already in slabs with these other companies so a new company scares them so its a threat.

i thought it was buy the card not the holder, now it is the holder that is selling.

Travis, I don't think it's homerism, but just sensible. If you have a high value card it just makes the most sense to use a grader that's proven and known to the market. If you want to try out the new guys then it would be wise to send in some cards that maybe aren't worth much and to see how accurate those are graded. Even though it's "buy the card, not the holder", the holder does help the card sell. Just my two pennies.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Travis why don't you buy some of these cards (by the way why is EVERYTHING in an ISA holder seemingly a 9 or 10??), crack them out, submit them to PSA and SGC, and let us know what happens?

Certainly there is room for competition, but the way to do it is to emphasize the credentials of your grader, the way GAI did, which was successful for a while until something went wrong. Flooding the market with 9s and 10s with no PR campaign oriented around the grader's credentials is only going to invite cynicism.

[Sophiedog]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Could be wrong but that card looks a tad short and too neat to me.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1953-Topps-8...p2047675.l2557

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1953-Topps-8...p2047675.l4066

This one too

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Sophiedog

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1953-Topps-8...p2047675.l4066

This one too

SAME card. Guess the last sale didn't go through. Funny that.

[Leon]

Personally I would rather have this one...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1953-Topps-8...3D381354720156

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

SAME card. Guess the last sale didn't go through. Funny that.