Hake’s and CSG?

[packs]

Originally Posted by Leon

I think it's great they put significant names on holders. Sometimes I will pay a little more for them too...

Well they can't be from the original graded collection or they'd have the SGC flip that the original collection had. I guess it's possible they were raw cards the whole time, but in that case they weren't part of the submission that became the "Merkin Collection". So, it does seem odd for them to still carry the designation. Guess it doesn't change much in the end though.

[Scocs]

...unless they busted ‘em out of their old SGC holders. Just curious as to why.

[mannybb24]

They were not in SGC holders to begin with.
I believe most of Merkins collection were raw cards, Hakes is the one that decided to get them graded for higher resale.
When it comes to Cuban cards, buy the card, not the holder/flip.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Wonder what kind of proof of provenance they had to supply CSG to get the slabs labeled with the name of a guy who's been dead 10 years.

[packs]

I think I've found a better way to articulate why I think it's weird.

Using Leon's Lionel Carter example, wouldn't it be strange if "new" Lionel Carter Collection cards were slabbed all these years later because they weren't originally graded?

[Frankish]

What surprises me most is that CSG graded the (Cuban) cards. When I have spoken with them in the past about baseball and soccer cards at this level of obscurity (as opposed to their bread-and-butter major sets) or maybe even more common than these, they said they wouldn't grade them....

[christopher.herman]

Question for those who have CSG graded cards in hand....

How do they physically stack up with PSA and SGC graded cards (for storage purposes).

I typically stack my PSA graded cards (since they are slightly smaller) on top of my SGC cards, throw a rubber band around them all and store them away.

If I added CSG graded cards to that bundle, how would I stack them? CSG on bottom, top or between PSA and SGC.

Thanks,
Christopher