Flavor of the Weak
09/12/06 00:41 PersonalGeneral Yammering
Well, I got some grades back this week, and the W502
Speaker I bought back in June, once the
highest-graded PSA 5, is now a modest, midgrade SGC
50. One of several PSA-to-SGC downgrades I took in my
submission. Thing is, unless I absolutely need the
card to cross, I always crack the card out of the
holder before submitting, so SGC had no idea what the
original grades were. I did get one bump.
I also got some PSA grades back, on '38 Goudeys - a Gehringer that I had that was initially mislabeled by PSA (in a 6 holder), came back with the right label, in a 7 holder. And a Hank Greenberg that once came back a 4, was resubmitted for a 5 and came back a 3, came back a 2. That's right, it's been a 4, a 3, and a 2, and I keep submitting it, hoping for a 5.
Ah, well. Love those red flips, though.
Picked up a few more cards recently, but have been doing more selling - unloading my '38 DiMaggio and the rest of my '61 Fleers. I snagged a 1936 Canadian Goudey Premium of Bobby Doerr that is quite cool, and got an E95 Sam Crawford in the 19th Century Only auction. And I picked up my first Scrapps Tobacco card, of Charlie Comiskey. I'll post scans when I get a chance.
Also added six new T205s to my collection, all SGC 40s and a 50. Very nice-looking. I'm slowly getting back into that set.
I also decided to consign my 1953 and 1961 sets that I refer about in a previous post to Robert Edward Auctions. Sure, Rob is a client, but I also think he gets the highest prices for cards because he knows what he's doing.
I also got some PSA grades back, on '38 Goudeys - a Gehringer that I had that was initially mislabeled by PSA (in a 6 holder), came back with the right label, in a 7 holder. And a Hank Greenberg that once came back a 4, was resubmitted for a 5 and came back a 3, came back a 2. That's right, it's been a 4, a 3, and a 2, and I keep submitting it, hoping for a 5.
Ah, well. Love those red flips, though.
Picked up a few more cards recently, but have been doing more selling - unloading my '38 DiMaggio and the rest of my '61 Fleers. I snagged a 1936 Canadian Goudey Premium of Bobby Doerr that is quite cool, and got an E95 Sam Crawford in the 19th Century Only auction. And I picked up my first Scrapps Tobacco card, of Charlie Comiskey. I'll post scans when I get a chance.
Also added six new T205s to my collection, all SGC 40s and a 50. Very nice-looking. I'm slowly getting back into that set.
I also decided to consign my 1953 and 1961 sets that I refer about in a previous post to Robert Edward Auctions. Sure, Rob is a client, but I also think he gets the highest prices for cards because he knows what he's doing.
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