Which would YOU rather have?

Steve1124

If there were two cards of your favorite hall-of-fame player available on eBay, of the same year/issue, at approximately the same cost, and one is a PSA/DNA 2 certified (autographed), and the other is a PSA 4 (w/o the autograph). Is one of these really worth more than the other, or is it just a matter of personal preference?

Knuckles

Personaly I would enjoy the PSA/DNA 2 more so than the other.. as for value it would really depend on what year we're talking about here and what players..

Stone193

Steve
This is a hard question...kind of an apples/oranges thing....people who collect HOF auto cards are a different kind than the HOF card alone type.

Just my take - there really isn't an easy answer IMO.

mike

orion9578

Personally I would rather have the auto if I liked both of the players equally. If I happened to like one of them more I would pick it no matter which one it was. My humble opinion.

CopperJJ

If they are the same cards, year and make, and the autograph is clear, I would rather have the auto'd card.

iamthegreatcornholio

I would go with the auto'ed PSA 2

Are you referring to the 1938 Goudey Bob Feller?

mudflap02

Let's say my favorite player was the illiterate Shoeless Joe Jackson. I think I would take the auto.

duner

it would depend on the year of the card...and if the hof'er is dead. Dead hof'er on an old card....i take the auto even though a psa 2 is bound to be UGLY! Living hof'er on a card that isn't at least pre-1960...i would take the higher grade...but i assume it's a very old card, because who would by a psa 4 card that isn't pre war?

pandrews

auto

Steve1124

"Iamthegreatcornholio" guessed it! I was referring to the 1938 Goudey Bob Feller. Looks like the census is the auto'd card is more desireable to have, despite the lower grade. I assume these can also be entered in the set registry.

NickM

Because Feller is alive and does card shows frequently at a reasonable price, I would get the PSA 4, get him to sign it, and then get it PSA/DNA'ed.

Nick

MorrellMan

I'm not into autographs at all, so an auto'd card is a good card spoiled.

kingraider75

I guess Auto, but I don't collect auto's per se. I just keep the one's I get from my box breaks.

tkd7

OK, different question but same idea.

I have a 1961 Topps All Star Roger Maris with an autograph that I plan to send to PSA for authentication.

Is it better to have the card graded as well or just authenticated?

The card is probably a PSA 4 or 3.

Knuckles

If it's going to be that low of a grade I don't see the point in getting it graded as well.

yawie99

In the Feller case - and I'm assuming that the Sharpie autograph was added long after Feller's playing days - I'd take the PSA 4 since his sigs are very plentiful. For a player who died long before the auto circuit was around, I'd probably take a PSA/DNA example.