Baseball Educating those about SGC and what REALLY IS a high end card!

[chadjaja]

OK a few collectors on the basketball boards have questioned how good SGC is as a grading co. I mentioned it as the top choice at the moment for high end baseball collectors but online on forums pictures speak more than words so here are some.

First off you will notice all these cards are in auction houses. Thats where the REAL high end card hobby is. None of this eBay UD exquisite or speculation that a Jordan RC or Lebron ex RC auto patch is the pinacle of the hobby from all sports etc. They pail in comparison to old school baseball that dominates the card hobby. Basketball only makes up a fairly small market of card sales and grading. Even me a basketball guy understands that.

So after a two minute search, NOT looking for the most expensive cards of all time but mearly SOME of those on offer in the one auction house at the moment I present to you these! Also please click on the link at the bottom and notice that page after page MOST are all SGC graded. PSA has a fair bit and how BVG(BGS) doesn't make an appearance BUT SGC dominates pre war especially. More and more are being crossed over and sold on making huge profit margins on the new grades.

SGC. The choice of those with fat wallets and cream of the crop in the card world. There enough preaching for now :v:

Each card has been graded by SGC. This amazing set was discovered inside a trunk in a house that belonged to a gentleman who played minor league baseball with and was a close friend of Pirates pitcher Nick Maddox. Stored away in the basement and all-but forgotten about, the trunk was in poor condition, as were many of the items inside which had become victims of time and the elements. Luckily, the cards were carefully wrapped in paper and managed to avoid the ravages of time.

Sold for $57,711.00

910-12 Spaulding & Merrick "Plow Boy Tobacco" SGC-Graded Collection (18 Different)

1909-11 T206 White Border tobacco insert cards.

Sold for $31,382.00

Closing bid $15,090.00

1912 E270 Colgan's Chips "Tin Tops" Jim Thorpe

Sold for $43,247.00

Ty Cobb cracker jack

Sold for $16,474.00


And just a one page link to some auctions http://www.mastronet.com/index.cfm?ActionisplayContent&ContentName=Lot%20List%20Categories&Category=Leaders%20Of%20The%20Pack on offer this one day in one auction house. The mind boggles at how much high end stuff moves thru these guys every year. Its not un common for one days take to go over the $2MUS mark for just baseball cards. ONE DAYS TAKE! Chicken feed this stuff is compared to some of the other stuff like Wagners (SGC graded setting hobby records in the MILLIONS for ONE card! :v But again all I found in a 5 minute internet search at ONE auction.

Brings new meaning to high end and shows it doesn't mean (What I personally can't afford) It really means high end.

There now we have a thread for when people say "Oh is SGC any good, never heard of them so they can't be that good"

I can now point them to this thread and over time put up some more high end examples of cards. Even stuff like Jerry West RC's sgc graded that recently went for over $40,000! A record for that card!

 

[dickyKnee]

What amazing cards (and prices). I have some ciggy cards from my great-grandfather, but all butterflies an ships unfortunately. Thanks for those Chad, shame they weren't make commercial basketball cards back then for us to dream about.

 

[chadjaja]

Well you only really have the murad series from tabocco packs. The first basketball cards ever from 1910. I've got all four basketball examples in graded form too.

We had to wait till 1933 for the basketball player card to appear.

 

[WoobieZarz]

Question for ya Chad, if PSA did a grade of these same cards, what do you think they'd;
A -Get (grade)
B - Possibly sell for compared to SGC

 

[chadjaja]

They would probably get the same grade. Most crossovers I see don't move grades and if they do its only half a grade as SGC give a score out of 100 AS WELL as the normal grade.

And obviously collectors are choosing SGC for these for obvious reasons. With a card over 30K etc you would go with what keeps or has the best chance at the best price. We tend to be a bit blah about prices when they reach this high and above but in reality a few thousand bucks IS A FEW THOUSAND bucks and rich people tend to watch their money even more than us. No one wants to take a hit on a card when they dont' have to.

One thing you do notice is that when its singles out of mainstream sets psa rules, high end stuff SGC is up and above a lot now and now you will find whole sets of SGC now.

 

[dickyKnee]

Well you only really have the murad series from tabocco packs. The first basketball cards ever from 1910. I've got all four basketball examples in graded form too.

We had to wait till 1933 for the basketball player card to appear.

Have you ever posted them on here? I would love to see them.

 

[chadjaja]

Sure look here

http://ozcardtrader.com.au/forum/showthread.php?p=269398#post269398

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