Just finished photographing first 26 cards from CGC 0

[paqart]

I'm getting ready to sell the cards, so, after kicking myself for not buying CGC's imaging services, I shot them myself. After doing this once, I think it's worth it to pay the extra money to have CGC do it for you.

Edited June 23, 2021 by paqart

[Rufuss C. Kingston]

You planning to list them  yourself and not PWCC them? 

[jd619641]

On 6/24/2021 at 2:09 PM, Rufuss C. Kingston said:

You planning to list them  yourself and not PWCC them? 

Do PWCC listings typically sell for higher prices? 

[Rufuss C. Kingston]

14 hours ago, jd619641 said:

Do PWCC listings typically sell for higher prices? 

I would say that they usually sell at the top of the range, of course there is no guarantee.  But they have such a high profile, their listings usually get the most eyeballs.  When you list things yourself, if you don't have such a high feedback level or listing skillset, then if the right peeps don't see your listing, you may not get the best price.

[Kiramouse]

don't they take a picture of all your cards by default?

[jd619641]

3 hours ago, Kiramouse said:

don't they take a picture of all your cards by default?

They are supposed to but my last two submissions there were no images because apparently they were having issues uploading them. That was probably a month ago and they still haven’t been uploaded. So yes, they are taking photographs but you still might not be able to see them and there’s nothing CGC can do about it, apparently.

[Ron Churches]

If you don't pay for hi-res, the images are not great quality. I assume we're subsidizing their hosting costs.

[William-James88]

On 6/22/2021 at 12:46 AM, paqart said:

 I shot them myself. After doing this once, I think it's worth it to pay the extra money to have CGC do it for you.

[paqart]

Here are a few of the photos I took btw. My guess is they are better than whatever CGC does but they take a lot of time to make. Why better? I have a pro-level photo studio. To take these, I had two color-accurate lights with softboxes on either side of the card and a 100MP medium format camera with the best macro lens in the world. I shot on a sheet of white foam core board, then color-corrected the images so that the BG was white.

[paqart]

What is PWCC? I am getting ready to list the cards soon. After doing a lot of research, I see that the lowest comparable price on eBay for the 26 graded cards I've received so far is $14,528.93. The estimated value, based on sold listings, is $17,875. I'm hoping to get around $15,000 for the group, trying to figure out best way to do it. I still have four cards at CGC that they haven't sent back yet, one base set Charizard, a Legendary set Charizard, a Shining Celebi, and something else I'd have to look up to remember.

These cards all come from the same group of booster sets I bought between 2002-2004 to play Pokemon with my 6-8 yr. old daughter. I pretty much bought out all the remaining stock at a WOTC store that was going out of business in LA, then continued buying in Arizona for another year. Every card went straight into a card protector as soon as it came out of the booster set. More than 90% of the cards were never played. Based on the grades I received for the first 26 I sent, I believe that CGC would grade all but one card (received in a trade) out of 1621 cards as some form of mint (8.5-10, average grade 9.0). Keep in mind, these are my cards. My daughter got the really good stuff and hers are not for sale. She has a lot more cards than I do.

[Elliott329]

On 6/30/2021 at 12:59 PM, paqart said:

Here are a few of the photos I took btw. My guess is they are better than whatever CGC does but they take a lot of time to make. Why better? I have a pro-level photo studio. To take these, I had two color-accurate lights with softboxes on either side of the card and a 100MP medium format camera with the best macro lens in the world. I shot on a sheet of white foam core board, then color-corrected the images so that the BG was white.

you def missed out on some 10s by not getting subgrades, shame, but nice cards, would buy tbh, congrats

[HomeGrownPoke1]

3 minutes ago, Elliott329 said:

you def missed out on some 10s by not getting subgrades, shame, but nice cards, would buy tbh, congrats

Subgrades doesn't mean you get 10s

[Rufuss C. Kingston]

On 6/30/2021 at 10:08 AM, paqart said:

What is PWCC? I am getting ready to list the cards soon. After doing a lot of research, I see that the lowest comparable price on eBay for the 26 graded cards I've received so far is $14,528.93. The estimated value, based on sold listings, is $17,875. I'm hoping to get around $15,000 for the group, trying to figure out best way to do it. I still have four cards at CGC that they haven't sent back yet, one base set Charizard, a Legendary set Charizard, a Shining Celebi, and something else I'd have to look up to remember.
 

https://www.pwccmarketplace.com/submit-to-auction

If you look at the images for some of the listings you pulled up to get your $14k value, you'll see a yellow PWCC logo at the bottom of them.   Most likely the highest sales prices are all PWCC listings.

With regards to the subgrades, your stuff is pretty elite, the price would only hurt if by chance when you sell them, there was another identical card with the same grade except it had subgrades...  The subgraded card would most likely sell for more.

Edited July 2, 2021 by Rufuss C. Kingston

[CHASEnBLUE]

On 6/30/2021 at 9:59 AM, paqart said:

Here are a few of the photos I took btw. My guess is they are better than whatever CGC does but they take a lot of time to make. Why better? I have a pro-level photo studio. To take these, I had two color-accurate lights with softboxes on either side of the card and a 100MP medium format camera with the best macro lens in the world. I shot on a sheet of white foam core board, then color-corrected the images so that the BG was white.

Nice pics and cards of course! Not sure if you do comics as well, but if so, how do you avoid the glare/reflection on graded slabs? I have a technique that works for me and my ebay store but would like to have none of the aspects I just mentioned. I've tried shadowboxes and that does not work either...