Kon_Jelly

On 8/16/2023 at 5:52 AM, northkorea said:

They posted this same question before. They want to know what the standard thickness is (without having to pay for the thicker holders).

They stopped charging extra for thicker holders. 

There's been two recent sales that I would call comparable. On Sunday an Immaculate RPA /4 was sold for $2000. The other was from back in June where an Immaculate RPA 1/1 sold for $1650. Both of those cards have him in his Iowa uniform, though, so that might impact their value compared to what you have. I would think it's at least $1500 but probably more. 

On 7/29/2023 at 5:01 PM, Zal34 said:

I dropped off my cards at the booth at the National, shouldn’t my submission show on my account as received?

Like Josh mentioned they have to be checked in at Sarasota first. 

So far I'm liking it. It seems like the scores are less arbitrary than before - many of my cards that have the same condition/year have the same score, which makes sense to me. 

On 7/19/2023 at 3:20 PM, CGCRyan said:

We have eliminated the $5 thick holder add-on charge on all CGC Cards submissions.

This is a very welcome change. The extra fee never felt right to me when CSG was the only company doing it. 

My order was received as of this morning (probably just a few minutes after my previous post), so it only took 3 days from delivery to hitting their system. Since it's just a bulk and economy order I feel like that's pretty good. If you have an express order I'm guessing it is even faster if you mark your shipping box properly. 

I had cards delivered on Tuesday that aren't showing up as received yet either. My last submission was logged and received the day after it was delivered, so it's possible they are running a bit slower than usual due to the changes they've made recently. 

I've only sent in one vintage card to be graded. It was a 1956 Hank Aaron white back. I had it pegged as a 7 before I sent it in, and that's exactly what it came back with:

On 8/12/2022 at 10:10 PM, ExNihilo said:

 

What's worst?  The improperly folded flag or the fact that the stripes are incorrect?

Both. They're both the worst. 

On 8/11/2022 at 7:55 PM, THE_BEYONDER said:

Thought this thread crashed the server...

I thought CGC may have shut it down to scrub some of these threads... 

Can't believe I read the entire thread. I expected another response from CGC, but I'm guessing they're going to be radio silent about this moving forward. 

On 8/10/2022 at 7:31 PM, northkorea said:

Not sure if they carry any premium, though.

Spoiler alert: they don't. 

Very nice! Next is the Mantle, right? 😊 

On 8/4/2022 at 6:22 PM, northkorea said:

Especially because it says "Limited Edition"...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/234635303064?hash=item36a15a9898:g:kncAAOSwp~hi3cBh

That is what I mean by the box of four. If it isn't this larger box, don't go back.

Limited to millions of copies! 😂

On 8/1/2022 at 10:50 AM, northkorea said:

I'm not saying I want a score correction. What I want corrected are the labels, so you don't have the same card counted twice, just because someone *called* it a different variety.

What is this even in reference to?

On 5/19/2022 at 11:46 PM, northkorea said:

To be honest, it would be too costly to coordinate, and show signings have been manipulated in the past. Someone would buy the signing ticket, then take a forged item with the ticket to get authenticated as witnessed.

That's not possible under CGC's witnessing method. Basically the item has to go from the signer directly to CGC, and if it's done at a convention only a CGC authorized witness can take that item from the signer back to be graded. The person with the forged item would be still holding their forged item, as there is no chance to swap it out. 

That said, I don't know that it's necessary in the sports card world considering how many cards are pre-signed and authenticated by the manufacturers. That doesn't exist in the comics world. 

On 4/27/2022 at 3:44 AM, mpsant09 said:

I currently have a reholder submission in que and I want to send in a bulk submission for grading.  Can I put both orders in one shipment for submission?

Yep! Just make sure everything is organized per the packing slip.

On 4/15/2022 at 1:39 PM, Billy Donovan said:

My business partner and I have submitted well in excess of 500+ cards all pack to holder. Some of these grades are just unacceptable. Brand new Anthony Edwards getting a 8? We submitted the exact same card 4 times and got a 9.5,9,8.5, and 8..... Something smells off to me. It just seems like a big waste of money to get them graded by CSG and have them grade like that and lose a lot of money. A CSG 8 of anything is essentially garbage so what is the point?

Not every card pulled from a pack is a 10. In fact, I'd say most are not. 

On 3/25/2022 at 1:56 PM, AM Cards said:

I assume the slab itself is still clear?  Hard to tell with it on a black background in the Brady pic.  I think the Gem Mint 10 designation will help sales for collectors.

Same slab - only the label has changed. 

On 3/25/2022 at 1:34 PM, kiddk1 said:

what about those of us that submitted early and bought in to your company and are now stuck with the old crappy label?

$5 to reholder.

On 3/7/2022 at 4:13 PM, Todd Carte said:

No love for #1 overall? 😁

You lose points for your set names. 😂

On 2/24/2022 at 2:11 PM, I dont have one said:

I’m not new at this and have sent cards in to multiple grading services (PSA, SGC, HGA) in the past so I certainly have reference to judge grades by. I examine my cards with a lighted magnified jewelers loupe before I send them in. While I don’t expect all 9.5’s and 10’s the grades I got here were absurd. Mostly 8’s. I don't send in 8’s for grading. Plenty of others on here agree with my assessment of this service so I’d say you're misinformed if you think “most” would say they are accurate. They are not. I only wish I read these boards before I wasted my money here. 

Plenty of trolls on here agree with you, sure. Notice how it's always someone with just one or two posts and that's it? 

I'm sure HGA would love to give you 9s and 10s for the cards you sent in. Their AI should be up and running by now.

On 2/24/2022 at 1:14 PM, Fredguy11:11 said:

10, 10,10, 1 is what I meant

You'd get a 1.5 or a 2. That's how it works. BGS has a similar method.

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CSG 9
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CSG 9.5
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CSG 8
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#RA-BO Bo Bichette Red White & Blue
CSG 9.5
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2020 Topps '85 Silver Pack
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CSG 8
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CSG 9.5
1016847029

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#129 Ke'Bryan Hayes Indigo
CSG 9.5
1016847030

2021 Topps Finest Autographs
#FA-KHA Ke'Bryan Hayes
CSG 9.5
1016847031

2021 Topps Finest Flashbacks
#144 Ke'Bryan Hayes
CSG 9.5
1016847034

2021 Topps Chrome
#191 Ke'Bryan Hayes Prism Refractor
CSG 8.5
1016847038

On 2/24/2022 at 8:53 AM, Cardsharp1 said:

WOW John Fisher those are some shockingly grades. Your cards look better than that to me.

There is literally no way to tell from those photos if there is damage to the surface or to the back of the cards. Just because a card presents well in a slab/photo does not mean that the card is a gem. 

On 2/23/2022 at 11:29 PM, Fredguy11:11 said:

I sent in 11 cards for economy turnaround 40 days.  CSG received them less than a week after I mailed them out. They received on them on Feb 22nd.  In submission tracking I had the gradesand a return shipping date to me of Feb 24th. As I write this it still 45 minutes until it is actually Feb 24th. My cards went through the entire CSG grading process in 24 hours. Someone is yanking my chain. That is not possible. In addition all the grades were significantly lower than expected. Can someone explain how the highest sub-graded Namath card got the lowest overall grade??? By far the allegedly best centered card by 2.5 full points and all other subs the same or close enough got a lower grade.  See below.  Am I nuckin futs or do I have an issue here? Any thoughts greatly appreciated.

 

The sub-grades do not get averaged to make your final grade, so the reason your one Namath got a 4.5 has to do with the corners. The overall grade cannot be more than one point higher than the lowest sub-grade, so the highest possible on that card would be a 5 overall. The corners must present pretty bad for it to keep it at a 4.5 and not a 5.