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One Red Man Card's Journey

LILPPLILPP Posts: 1
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Grandpa passed on last year, and Granny gave me an envelope that he had kept in a drawer for 50 years. Lo and behold, there was a mint condition 1952 Red Man card inside!

I submitted the card to Sgc, but alas, received a grade of Sgc 86. Since I already had the card in a higher grade, and since Granny would never find out, I advertised the card on Ebay as a sure Psa 8 candidate and sold it to collector.

The collector broke the Red Man card out of the holder, and submitted it to Psa. I guess he was disappointed in the Psa 7 grade it received, because I saw the card listed on Ebay. I couldn't understand why a dealer bought the Red Man card at such a high price.

A short time later, I saw Grandpa's Red Man card in auction. It was in a Psa 8 holder. The bidding was furious. I couldn't believe such a high price!

Two weeks later, the same dealer offered to sell me the Red Man card that he just "sold" in his auction.

I didn't buy Grandpa's Red Man card, but a friend did. He collects only Sgc cards, so he crossed it over, and got a Sgc 92!

Well, his set is all Sgc 88's, and he really didn't need such a high graded card, so I convinced him to sell it to me because if I could get the Red Man card crossed over to a Psa 9 it would be worth a fortune!

So i sent Grandpa's card in to Psa's new crossover service, and I got the card back today, 'No Grade-Evidence of Trimming"!

I just called Grandma to see how she was doing. She asked me how I was enjoying Grandpa's card.

Comments

  • aconteaconte Posts: 2,053 ✭✭✭


    << <i>...By the way, I am not a PSA hater. I happen to own a large amount of PSA graded cards and I am a shareholder in the company. But this is an issue that concerns me. >>





    << <i>Message edited by: LILPP on 01/20/2002 06:25:07 >>



    I'm really surprised something like this could happen....

    I would think a shareholder in the company would support that company's product...

    image

    aconte
  • jackstrawjackstraw Posts: 3,778 ✭✭✭
    no clue here?
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  • GATOR5GATOR5 Posts: 654 ✭


    Straw-I'm with you yet I think I might have an idea
  • aconteaconte Posts: 2,053 ✭✭✭
    I took it as some sort of ridicule or criticism towards me because of my previous thread.

    Whatever... I'm dropping it.

    aconte

  • jackstrawjackstraw Posts: 3,778 ✭✭✭
    i was wondering if his grandpa left him an 81 topps fred lynn psa 9
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  • GATOR5GATOR5 Posts: 654 ✭


    Tony

    Pick your mail up couple questions...
  • GATOR5GATOR5 Posts: 654 ✭


    Straw-straw, hey man don't know what to say someday you'll see it
    on ebay yet no time within the next year...

    Maybe I'll hit a rare find yet I wouldn't hold my breath..
  • jackstrawjackstraw Posts: 3,778 ✭✭✭
    gator just make sure you tell me when to exhaleimage so i can bid on it. i would settle for a rice?
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  • aconteaconte Posts: 2,053 ✭✭✭
    gator,

    email sent.

    aconte
  • GATOR5GATOR5 Posts: 654 ✭


    Straw--------That was hilarious I fricken spilled pop all over my shirt and
    my women wants to know why...

    I can probably find you a real nice rice. Give me a month or so.
  • aconteaconte Posts: 2,053 ✭✭✭
    Gator,

    How long for the Rose? You know one of yours... Not a dealer's....

    aconte
  • kverd5432kverd5432 Posts: 32
    Aconte, I think you are being mocked.
  • 1420sports1420sports Posts: 3,473 ✭✭✭
    I would very much like to hear how this turns out.
    collecting various PSA and SGC cards
  • acowaacowa Posts: 945 ✭✭
    Tony,

    When I read the post, I honestly didn't feel it was mocking you. I felt it was mocking the entire graded card crossover/upgrade game scam in general. I guess because he used a RedMan card in his example it's easy to make the assumption that it's personal. The original post would be funny if it didn't have so much truth to it.

    Either way, your point about cards getting significant upgrades was an interesting read.


    Regards,


    Alan

  • dbj77dbj77 Posts: 499
    hmmm. a new member with no profile, pms turned off and hasn't posted anything else....this thread is not taken with a grain of salt, rather a spoonful.
  • kverd5432kverd5432 Posts: 32
    djb77,

    He is not a new member. His status thing says that he has been here since December 2001. That's 13 months longer than you have been here.

  • dbj77dbj77 Posts: 499
    you are correct, however i think its safe to say that this id is one that someone has made to make inflammatory statements behind the curtain of anonymity.
  • kverd5432kverd5432 Posts: 32
    You are probably right, djb77.
  • TipemTipem Posts: 881 ✭

    I wonder if granny trimmed the card.image

    Somebody get grannys phone number.Maybe she has a shoe box full of "old"cards that she hasn't trimmed yet. image

    Vic

    Edited for lousy spelling
    Please be kind to me. Even though I'm now a former postal employee, I'm still capable of snapping at any time.
  • aconteaconte Posts: 2,053 ✭✭✭
    Sorry to the guy that wrote this. I guess I need to develop a better sense of humor.

    Acowa,

    You were right. Kind of funny when you read it as the joke it was meant to be....


    aconte
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