Do PSA slabs *really* sell for more than SGC?

Snowman · #1 12-08-2023, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

It works both ways. I recently had an entire sub severely undergraded by SGC. I regraded the three cards I cared most about with PSA. +2, +2, and +.5.

This is an extremely rare circumstance in my experience. Unless your cards were heavily OC.

Peter_Spaeth · #2 12-08-2023, 09:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snowman

This is an extremely rare circumstance in my experience. Unless your cards were heavily OC.

They were not, not at all. I guess I got unlucky with the grader. Two grades low, consistently. Worse in some cases.

Vintagedeputy · #3 12-08-2023, 09:27 AM

Outstanding post and pics. Really drives the point home.

I have used SGC exclusively since their days in Parsippany. I have always been satisfied by the grade received and cannot understand why people keep giving their money to PSA, only to be disappointed on some level.

Bigdaddy · #4 12-08-2023, 10:36 AM

Its a fool's folly to think that two subjective, arbitrary, constantly-evolving grading scales developed by independent, competing companies would line up when grading cards. There should be no expectation that a PSA 6 should line up with an SGC 6, condition wise and/or price wise.

Add to that, the subjectivity of the individual graders and even the non-repeatability of a given grader over time, it's no wonder that the data is all over the place.

It does seem like SGC gives a bit more weight to 'eye appeal' than does PSA, sometimes giving a bump for better centered cards. To me, that is preferable.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
WIFE SAYS SELL OFF EXTRAS..PRICES REDUCED.80+ SLABS! Cross posted	insrman	1960-1979 Baseball Cards B/S/T	2	11-15-2022 09:55 AM
WIFE SAYS SELL OFF EXTRAS..PRICES REDUCED.80+ SLABS! Cross posted	insrman	1950 to 1959 Baseball cards- B/S/T	2	11-15-2022 09:55 AM
Massive sell-off of acquired PSA SLABS ['61-'78]!!!	insrman	1960-1979 Baseball Cards B/S/T	1	05-19-2021 08:29 AM
Mouse over image to zoom Have one to sell? Sell it yourself 1895 N300 Mayo Cut Plug	mcap100176	Ebay, Auction and other Venues Announcement- B/S/T	0	02-09-2013 05:02 AM
Updated with BL & Pied 42 list.......Sell sell sell sell some more	Pup6913	Tobacco (T) cards, except T206 B/S/T	7	05-01-2012 07:42 AM