Are graded cards the future of vintage?

[RCMcKenzie]

To me, grading is passe'. These 52's came in the mail yesterday. Geeked to go thru these and add the upgrades to my binder. Grading is like Nirvana and the 90's to me.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

To me, grading is passe'. These 52's came in the mail yesterday. Geeked to go thru these and add the upgrades to my binder. Grading is like Nirvana and the 90's to me.

That pic is AWESOME!!

[homerunhitter]

Awesome guys!

I see both sides of the coin as mentioned above.

Nothing beats getting a box of true vintage unslabbed topps cards to go through. I love it!

However the hobby waters we are now in is there is a TREMENDOUS amount of fake vintage topps cards out there. I bought a 1950’s card on eBay not too long ago . Pics and price were just right. Once I got the card in hand it looked like someone printed it on their home computer. The quality was really good dnd would probably fake out most people but not this old fart that’s been in the hobby forever. So of course I put it right into my shredder. It left a bad taste in my mouth that fakes are in our hobby and I got ripped off.

I would much rather have an old shoebox of vintage cards than a box of graded cards but these fake cards out there now is pushing me toward graded only and yes I know there are fake slabs out there too. That’s a whole other thread! But at least with slabbed cards the chances they are real are much greater than a card not graded.

The good news for me is most of my collection of vintage I bought 30,40+ years ago when I knew without a doubt they were real .

[G1911]

eBay will side with you on returning a fake card. You don't need to shred it and lose the money.

[homerunhitter]

I didn’t think of that I was just thinking shred it so it doesn’t get recycled back into the hobby. Don’t want anyone else to get ripped off like I did. (Fortunately I didn’t pay too much for the card)

[RCMcKenzie]

Originally Posted by vintagebaseballcardguy

That pic is AWESOME!!

Thanks, I think it's kind of fun to see photos of stacks of cards.

[homerunhitter]

anyone notice that modern graded cards are going for very low prices (in some instances less than the cost to grade) and vintage graded cards have ridiculous starting bids (where do sellers come up with these crazy starting prices?)

[cesarcap]

I prefer raw but if the slabbed price is right I will jump on it. Not cracked too many but it seems that asking prices for raw > graded prices all things being equal.

[Kutcher55]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

To me, grading is passe'. These 52's came in the mail yesterday. Geeked to go thru these and add the upgrades to my binder. Grading is like Nirvana and the 90's to me.

I’d take the 90s and Nirvana over the complete sh*tshow of 2023 any day of the week.

[homerunhitter]

any new updates or thoughts? thanks

[raulus]

Don’t think much has changed in the last 7 months.

Other than one of my key graded cards being outed as doctored. So I guess there’s that for me, which doesn’t make me eager to buy more high graded stuff.

[Zach Wheat]

It seems like there is more of aa transition in viewing collectibles as an investment and along with that comes a positive correlation with buying graded cards only. I have come across buyers that actively buy PSA 10 cards only as an investment.