1933 Goudey and grading question...

Guru

I have a question about a 33 Goudey I have. A PSA authentic went for $307 and a PSA 8 went for $3,000. But a PSA 1 went for 11.50. I'm not understanding the lingo here. What's authentic mean and how come it sold for more than the PSA 1? Then there's like a jump from PSA 5 for $35 to a PSA 6 which sold for 100 dollars more. I'm just not getting it.

fkw

R319's are very common in low grade (most cards were well loved and beat up back then)

Collectors NOW pay dumb $$ for high grade commons and semi stars from highly collected sets like R319 (set registry hype = overpaying)

Also...... eye appeal has a lot to do with how much a card brings.

To many collectors....... a nice clean card (slightly trimmed) looks far better in their collection than some heavily worn, creases, abused, beater.

Buy the card not the slab.

IMO the best buys for PreWar cards is often in the PSA-2/3 range, and they still display well.

jimq112

I'm one of those that doesn't really have a problem with a trimmed or touched up card, as long as I know what I'm buying. I don't buy them for resale but I do like to look at nice cards sometimes.

Some people (including me) will pay more than psa1 or psa2 money for the right psa authentic card in a holder. As long as I'm collecting for my own enjoyment and not for profit or resale I don't see anything wrong with it. Full disclosure is important.

smtjoy

The Auth could have been an autographed card and that might have caused the big price difference.

BobbyVCP

I think he is search VCP and to answer a question we do not track autographed cards in the site under the AUTH category.

Guru

That's right. I saw that on VCP and just was curious what all that meant.