1956 Mantle Advice Needed Sgc 96

[Leon]

How does one go about getting the less informed grader, pay less?

Originally Posted by begsu1013

yes to just about all.

more informed grader.
a hellavu lot faster service. usually same day.
notes as to what held it back.

the notion of sending it to an auction house to have them submit is a pretty good idea though. kudos there.

not sure pwcc would do it considering their "certified high end" program. however, I do not know that as fact and basically speaking outta my @ss there.

but the auction house submittal is still brilliant nevertheless.

[Stonepony]

Are submission sources NOT blinded to the grader? If no, please explain.

[begsu1013]

Originally Posted by Leon

How does one go about getting the less informed grader, pay less?

by sending subs to bccg or pro grading....

[Leon]

Originally Posted by begsu1013

by sending subs to bccg or pro grading....

This city is in California already, home of PSA. I think it might be where the less informed graders are...

and I should add, I have no issue with PSA and most of my valuable cards, in my current collection, are in PSA holders as that is how they came ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slab_City


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[begsu1013]

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[irv]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

Irv, given the value of your Mantle, it would only cost you $85.00 to have PSA grade it, plus shipping both ways. Not sure the value on the Mays, but it should cost more than the Mantle to grade. You might even be able to squeeze it in at a lower price level.

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

This sounds right. Declare the Mantle's value at 4,900 and the Mays at 1,900. Grading fees will be 85 and 40 plus shipping both ways. If those were my cards I would get them out of those cases right away and would sumbit them to PSA. Good luck either way.

Thanks for the info guys.

Was hoping you'd all say my Mays would cost me $700 but that was wishful thinking!

I know the slabs are a bad idea, and when I originally read about them back in January when I joined this site, panic set in and I checked them.

Thankfully I didn't screw them down any tighter than I had too back then as when I unscrewed them, both cards slid easily inside them.
I also never laid them flat or on top of one another. They were stored on their sides only.

I am going to bite the bullet and likely get them slabbed soon, but in the mean time, I think I am still going to remove them and place in penny sleeves/top loaders or purchase some Pro Mold one screw vintage holders.

Thanks again for the input/replies.