Old Holders

[Santo10Fan]

I actually just bought an old PSA holder off ebay, not pre-war tho. Looked like the grade was spot on.

[Fred]

I've heard different opinions on old holders and new holders and in my opinion, for PSA and SGC, they graders are as subjective in the past as they are now. Translation - same consistently inconsistent grading. Some cards seem spot on, but there are still those that you wonder WTF?

I still buy the card and not the number assigned. It still blows me away that cards are not being purchased for their actual merit, rather the purchase is based on that number on the label.

[LincolnVT]

Originally Posted by Santo10Fan

I actually just bought an old PSA holder off ebay, not pre-war tho. Looked like the grade was spot on.

What card are you going to put in it? Just kidding. Wouldn’t surprise me if people were actually selling empty holders on eBay these days.

[hcv123]

So we'll start with which one of these cards is in better condition (heads up - they are both high grade)? Clemente 1/2 or Clemente 3/4. I'll expand with the reveal and the relevance to the OP after a few guesses.

[bnorth]

These are about as old as it gets for Beckett. They are the 5th and 7th cards they graded in testing. Nice looking pair of 5s.

[JollyElm]

The cropping is different on those two Clementes. Is that a factor here?

[hcv123]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

The cropping is different on those two Clementes. Is that a factor here?

1/2 is in a "new" PSA 9 holder which sold on Ebay for $1461.41 on Ebay on February 14th, 2022

3/4 is in an "old" PSA 10 holder which sold for $92,308.80 in a Memory Lane auction on February 19th, 2022.

I did not make a mistake with my decimal points and while I am sure we could debate which one is "nicer", (some like myself would choose 1/2), It boggles my mind that 2 people (high bidder and under biider) believe it is nicer to the tune of + $90,847.39!!

[JollyElm]

Here's the cropping difference I was referring to:

[Hxcmilkshake]

Originally Posted by hcv123

So we'll start with which one of these cards is in better condition (heads up - they are both high grade)? Clemente 1/2 or Clemente 3/4. I'll expand with the reveal and the relevance to the OP after a few guesses.

3/4 but they seem really close

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