March Vintage Special... Anyone received poppage ???
Mickey71
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With all of the news/changes/vaults/auction houses.....It really seems like nothing has changed for vintage in a positive way. Grading is 2 to 3 times slower than modern subs. I hear of many modern subs getting grades in a month. Also, the grades for vintage cards have been graded with an ultra strict standard for the most part. To get an 8 on a card like 1956 Topps is almost impossible and a 7 is almost impossible too. Condition sensitive sets are graded even worse. I try to not be completely negative; but I just don't see any progress in the area of anything to do with vintage card grading. Just frustrated.
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I didn't send any in for the special because I was still a bit frustrated by some recent vintage returns.
I did recently send in 2 different submissions last month. They were received on May 15th, and PSA's estimated completion date is August 1
(that feels like it's too long)
I have a March vintage special I sent in and arrived on April 12th. It's now on the assembly stage. It's taking a long time. Hope the wait is worth it.
Patrick
My March vintage just went to QA yesterday.
It wasn’t impressive. But it was expected to be done by June 24th and it’s early so there’s that. As for the grades they were all over the place so I’m waiting to get them in hand to see. A 5 grade level (4-9) spread on cards I evaluated the same way. My poor 68s.
Still waiting. Just to be clear the March 2024 Vintage Special. Stuff takes so long that you have to put the year with the month to make sure people know what you are talking about. LOL.
Is anyone still waiting for their March vintage special? Mine's still in grading.
Yes, same for me.
Mine are in assembly
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
My buddy received his back on Monday. One week past PSA's estimated time frame. He submitted 25 cards from 1975-1979 expecting 12 to 13 9's and 12/13 8's. All had four sharp corners even when viewing with a loupe. Centering was strong on every card with no printing issues. In the past he would mostly receive 9's on similar cards.
His results were:
2 PSA 9's
17 PSA 8's
6 PSA 7's
They are the best 7's I have ever seen. All of them blow away the 79 PSA 10 Eckersley we discussed.