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CSA Grading - Seems Nice

dalewdalew Posts: 491
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This seems like a credible grading service, based on what I'm seeing.

Anyways, how many different grading services are there and do they all have registries?

Roberto Clemente - 72 Topps 309
1st Finest Set - 1981 Baseball Fleer Basic - Retired
1st Finest Set - 1981 Baseball Fleer Master - Retired
1st Finest Set - 1955 Baseball Golden Stamps - Cleveland Indians - Retired
1st Finest Set - Mel Harder Baseball Master - Active
Mel Harder Showcase Set - Active
#15 on Current Set Registry - 1972 Topps Baseball - Retired
#23 on All Time Set Registry - 1972 Topps Baseball - Retired

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  • jackstrawjackstraw Posts: 3,773 ✭✭✭
    is this the original csa from ohio?
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  • MantlefanMantlefan Posts: 1,079 ✭✭

    Anyways, how many different grading services are there and do they all have registries?

    Answer to part two of question: 2 - PSA and SGC

    Answer to part one of question: How much time do you have? Basically, pick any three letters, wrap your card in some plastic and head to EBAY.
    Frank

    Always looking for 1957 Topps BB in PSA 9!
  • jackstrawjackstraw Posts: 3,773 ✭✭✭
    it is csa the second oldest grading service. i kind of like those new holders.
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  • Bingo33Bingo33 Posts: 61 ✭
    They used to be in Ohio. Now they are on Long Island. There are 2, maybe 3 guys out there that could be involved with the reincarnated CSA.


    I wonder who they are????
  • jackstrawjackstraw Posts: 3,773 ✭✭✭
    sean moore doesn't own csa anymore?
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  • aro13aro13 Posts: 1,961 ✭✭✭
    jackstraw-second oldest? after who ASA? Anyway, these guys have never been considered an "elite" grading service. They have moved though it seems from Ohio to New York. I would not put a great deal of trust in their ability to grade.
  • mrichardsmrichards Posts: 140
    Hi Guys,

    I had a bunch of CSA cards in my 55 Topps set which I cracked out and sent in to PSA about 6 months ago. All of them were crossed to the same grades (I had 7's and 8's), except one, which was a 7 and PSA upgraded to an 8. I have been buying CSA cards in the older Blue holders and I have been very successful getting them crossed. They have (based on my experience) a higher cross rate with me than GAI.

    Mike


    Always looking for 1952 Bowmans and 1953 Johnston Cookies PSA 8's and higher.
  • ScoopScoop Posts: 168 ✭
    I won a CSA 8 '56 Killebrew in old blue holder. It was very easy to break out, and it came back as trimmed. The dealer refunded my money after I told him what happened....his theory was that the card was switched and was going to contact his buyer. I never heard anything in follow-up though.

    But I also had 3 CSA 8's and 2 7.5's in the smaller holder with PSA-like white w/red trim tag and I crossed over and got 4 PSA 8's and one 9!
    building 1956 Topps PSA 8/9
  • raym8raym8 Posts: 150 ✭✭✭
    I do remember going to card shows a few years back before the grading explosion, and the only graded cards you could find
    would be either PSA or CSA. This was even before they went with the colored holders, as their holders closely resembled
    PSA's, except that they were a little smaller. I bought quite a few of the CSA cards back then, and if memory serves me right,
    they all crossed over with the exact same grades, or very close. I can't vouch for them since they moved to NY and
    changed the way they graded cards with the sub-grades, but when they first started out, there were very comparable
    to PSA (IMHO).
  • aro13aro13 Posts: 1,961 ✭✭✭
    I would have to disagree that they were (are?) a decent grading company. My crossovers all were considerably lower (small sample, however). If you check their original grading standards you realize they were taken from ASA (Alan Hager). On vintage cards their standards were different than if they were for modern cards. Hence a CSA 8 T206 card meets the criteria for a CSA 8 but for PSA would probably come back a 6 under their criteria. Plus, I do not think they had all of the proper equipment necessary to catch restoration or subtle forms of trimming IMO.
  • BOTNBOTN Posts: 32
    I have owned numerous CSA graded cards over the years and in all cases the cards either crossed over directly or bumped in grade at PSA.
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  • jaxxrjaxxr Posts: 1,258 ✭✭
    I believe CSA claims to be the second oldest grading company STILL in business. I think SGC also makes the same claim. Which company is more correct ?

    Whlie CSA has no resale value comparable to the big 3 or 4, it is much more reputable than most other next tier or back- alley expert grading companies. In thier website they indicate no difference in grading for older cards as a prior post/reply indicated.
    This aint no party,... this aint no disco,.. this aint no fooling around.
  • aro13aro13 Posts: 1,961 ✭✭✭
    Just to clarify I stated that their "original grading standards" were different. I would imagine that since about 1998 they would have wanted to distance themselves as much as possible from Alan Hager and ASA. When did SGC start? I would think CSA would have been around longer than them, they started around the same time as ASA Canada, after ASA, SBC and PSA.
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