1980 Topps Rickey Henderson RC PSA 10 or BGS 9.5/10 card for review.

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by murphy8276

Thanks for answering this. I will send at the $18 level then, but hope for a call back to me accordingly to raise it to $700! (this is what I was told would happen should you hit a goldmine card like this)

Thanks guys for all the support and comments so far. I think PSA is the correct choice, I just had noticed a little more lenience with BGS giving some 9.5's easier than the PSA 10(which is worth a heck of a lot more) so maybe I will try PSA and if it lands a 9 because it is in the middle of 9-10 I will send to BGS afterwards hoping for an upgrade.

I had the same question when I first submitted a raw card to PSA. I was told by PSA if I was lucky enough to hit the "jackpot" and get a 10 on a similar card they would contact me to see if i want to pay for additional insurance in return shipping. They will not charge you for the higher service level.

And yes that card is worth a lot more in a PSA 10 holder than a BGS or BVG 9.5. I would agree that trying for that first is the best strategy. Good luck.

[murphy8276]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

I had the same question when I first submitted a raw card to PSA. I was told by PSA if I was lucky enough to hit the "jackpot" and get a 10 on a similar card they would contact me to see if i want to pay for additional insurance in return shipping. They will not charge you for the higher service level.

And yes that card is worth a lot more in a PSA 10 holder than a BGS or BVG 9.5. I would agree that trying for that first is the best strategy. Good luck.

Hmm. Interesting. I would have sworn I asked the same exact question and they told me they would expect the higher service level to be paid. The agent could have been wrong I suppose or maybe misunderstood the difference in service level and shipping insurance. They actually told me the reverse funny enough that you could not increase insurance coverage. lol Your version certainly makes more sense, but I kind of believed them charging $700 had it hot lottery status made sense too as they charge more for higher value cards. The agent then did say to be conservative when sending.

*I will make note that he did tell me that if you send in a Jordan Rc you do have to pay for the grade. Meaning to me that they do expect you to pay for obvious cards when they are sent, but maybe there are exceptions such as a Henderson which jumps 3 service levels between 9 and 10 grades?

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by murphy8276

Hmm. Interesting. I would have sworn I asked the same exact question and they told me they would expect the higher service level to be paid. The agent could have been wrong I suppose or maybe misunderstood the difference in service level and shipping insurance. They actually told me the reverse funny enough that you could not increase insurance coverage. lol Your version certainly makes more sense, but I kind of believed them charging $700 had it hot lottery status made sense too as they charge more for higher value cards. The agent then did say to be conservative when sending.

*I will make note that he did tell me that if you send in a Jordan Rc you do have to pay for the grade. Meaning to me that they do expect you to pay for obvious cards when they are sent, but maybe there are exceptions such as a Henderson which jumps 3 service levels between 9 and 10 grades?

It was a couple of years ago that I asked, and things certainly could have changed since then. But to me, if you paid for 10 day, or 2 week, whatever it is service, and it turns out your card is high grade, it doesn't make sense to retroactively charge a customer for express 1 day service. It does make sense to see if a card that is now worth 1000s or 10s of thousands of dollars should be insured for that amount.

Not everything that a company does makes sense to me though, so you may be right. That just wasn't my understanding.

[pokerplyr80]

Either way though, $700 would be a very small price to pay for a PSA 10 Henderson rookie. Let's hope you find out one way or the other for sure.

[murphy8276]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

Either way though, $700 would be a very small price to pay for a PSA 10 Henderson rookie. Let's hope you find out one way or the other for sure.

Definitely, I want that call asking to charge me $700 instead if that is the policy! It's like buying the grade. I believe they do not charge that much for the speed only necessarily, it is also due to the handling and the fact that head grader(s) will be assessing the card. It is sort of an assumption though.

Either way I think upping the insurance should be possible also so it is very likely the customer service rep was misinforming me.

[the 'stache]

Wow, that level of magnification does make a big difference.

And, as for the $700 fee if you hit a 10, if they would allow it, you could fly out to their HQ, pick up the card, and fly back for far less.

I hope you hit the baseball card lottery.

[moburf]

I submitted this card last week at the $85 Super Express level because of the potential value and also because I had my tin foil hat on thinking that they might not grade it 9/10 if submitted at the $18 level. It came back an 8, which I guess shouldn't come as a surprise because it has just the slightest fraying along the upper left edge near the corner and the tiniest touch on the lower left. Both of these issues are no worse than the corner touch you referenced above in the Dmitri Young card that graded a 10. I think it's perfectly centered front and back, top to bottom. Color and everything else looks great to me but I'm no expert. Good luck in your quest to hit the lottery w/ this card.