Getting cards graded.
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I would look firstly at the websites of the various grading companies and see which one you would like to use. I do my own subs as I prefer to do these things myself but if you are not comfortable doing it yourself then use a group submitter. It's slightly cheaper as they get a discount for bulk plus they do the paperwork which can be tricky when you do it yourself - epecially if you haven't done it before.
I recently heard a youtuber called Beckett Boy( not sure what his actual name is) is going to start group submissions to SGC. I really don't know of anyone else. Maybe try googling it or hopefully there will be some more replies here. I'm sure there will be a member on here who can give you a list of the various group submitters. But definitely do some research yourself on the various grading companies.
I mostly use PSA and SGC and recently sent a submission into CGA( Card Grading Australia).
Good luck. Grading cards is an excellent way to add value to your cards.
I recently heard a youtuber called Beckett Boy( not sure what his actual name is) is going to start group submissions to SGC. I really don't know of anyone else. Maybe try googling it or hopefully there will be some more replies here. I'm sure there will be a member on here who can give you a list of the various group submitters. But definitely do some research yourself on the various grading companies.
I mostly use PSA and SGC and recently sent a submission into CGA( Card Grading Australia).
Good luck. Grading cards is an excellent way to add value to your cards.
Iron Clad Lou
OzCardTrader
If you are going to send cards in that need a 10 then yes. That's a tricky game to play. You have to make sure that a PSA9 or an SGC9 isn't going to mean you are worse off. It hasn't happened to me yet and that is because I have very few cards that I can send in at $100 a throw. My last sub was with SGC and I still made a slight profit on the SGC9's but that was 6 months ago when the market was much stronger. I would not send those same cards in if I did another one tomorrow.
Iron Clad Lou
OzCardTrader
Subs
Just the bigish boys i had
The rest are 14 months old and not worth the grading fee ;(
I'm genuinely surprised. Other than my first sub which was ordinary the rest have been ok and I'm definitely no expert.
My first sub was shit - only 1x PSA10 in a 9 card sub but my second sub had 17 x 10's and the rest 9's from 32 cards. The 3rd sub I got 5x 10's from 8 cards. The 4th was pretty ordinary with 8 of 33 cards getting a PSA10 but that's when a lot of people were complaining about grading standards having changed with the new ownership.
I've still got a 32 card sub coming from March last year and I'm expecting some crap in that but those cards will probably be the 18/19 Donruss Optic soccer - something I would not have sent in with hindsight. I'm expecting some junk in that. At $25 a card it shouldn't be a disaster, however. I'm still expecting to get at least 20% 10's, though.
Again, I'm genuinely surprised( shocked) that you haven't snagged a PSA10 in 4 subs.
My first sub was shit - only 1x PSA10 in a 9 card sub but my second sub had 17 x 10's and the rest 9's from 32 cards. The 3rd sub I got 5x 10's from 8 cards. The 4th was pretty ordinary with 8 of 33 cards getting a PSA10 but that's when a lot of people were complaining about grading standards having changed with the new ownership.
I've still got a 32 card sub coming from March last year and I'm expecting some crap in that but those cards will probably be the 18/19 Donruss Optic soccer - something I would not have sent in with hindsight. I'm expecting some junk in that. At $25 a card it shouldn't be a disaster, however. I'm still expecting to get at least 20% 10's, though.
Again, I'm genuinely surprised( shocked) that you haven't snagged a PSA10 in 4 subs.
Iron Clad Lou
OzCardTrader
I didn't think the centering was that bad on any of them, so it must be surface issues.
Oh well, still love em
Edit.Subs
Just the bigish boys i had
The rest are 14 months old and not worth the grading fee ;(
Lol. Big Boy indeed. Absolutely huge cards.
I didn't think the centering was that bad on any of them, so it must be surface issues.
Oh well, still love em
I still think you come out ahead with PSA9's with that calibre of card. Sure there's a huge diffence between a 9 and a 10 but I doubt you wasted your grading fee on those. I think most people would pay more for those in a 9 than raw.
I didn't think the centering was that bad on any of them, so it must be surface issues.
Oh well, still love em
Were those from breaks?
Also some friendly advice. I would never get an auto grade put on a PSA slab. It doesn't add any value to the card but if you got a 9 auto you'd just about have to crack it out as it would definitely drop the value. The auto grade is more a BGS thing. Just my 2 cents worth. There's a youtube channel called Philmington. He hasn't put out much content lately but when he was doing PSA reveals he had some really nice 1stBowman autos ( Wander Franco etc.) and he never got the auto grade on them. He's one of the most knowledgeable baseball guys that I've seen.
Mate those cards are crazy - especially the baseball ones. Awesome.
Also some friendly advice. I would never get an auto grade put on a PSA slab. It doesn't add any value to the card but if you got a 9 auto you'd just about have to crack it out as it would definitely drop the value. The auto grade is more a BGS thing. Just my 2 cents worth. There's a youtube channel called Philmington. He hasn't put out much content lately but when he was doing PSA reveals he had some really nice 1stBowman autos ( Wander Franco etc.) and he never got the auto grade on them. He's one of the most knowledgeable baseball guys that I've seen.
Mate those cards are crazy - especially the baseball ones. Awesome.
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Iron Clad Lou
OzCardTrader
Probably why 10 is a pop1!
The cards that I am looking at Are Ryan Mountcastle RC Auto 21 Toops Ser 1 sells around $80 US, A Ryan Mountcastle 10/10 auto cant find any for sale, but it is not centred perfect. And 2 Ke'Bryan Hayes. 1 a 21 Optic Rated Rookie Auto dosent look to bad and a Topps ser. 1 Silver Pk looks to be centred good.
Never having done it before am a little hesitant.
Never having done it before am a little hesitant.
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