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Grading HOF/HOT Rookies..

olb31olb31 Posts: 3,706 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Is it just me or is it harder to get Big time rookies cards graded high? I have had about 800 cards graded from PSA and Beckett and I have noticed that if a card gets hot or thee card has a low pop the grading seems to be a little tougher. When I send in marginal or less hot rookies I get more 9's and 9.5's than if I send in Jerry Rice, Steve Young, Aaron Rodgers, Pete Rose , Mickey Mantle, etc. Just wanting to hear from a few you.image
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  • Mickey71Mickey71 Posts: 4,261 ✭✭✭✭
    Absolutely...they scrutinize cards like Mantle..etc.
  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    No, they spend just as much time looking at a '52 Mantle as they do a 1991 Fleer Delino DeShields.
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    someone here just had a Big Randy Johnson rookie graded Gem Mint 10, so it's not that tough.

    in all seriousness, it seems they do place a lot more importance on accuracy when grading the so-called "Big time" cards, but you can use a different perspective.....as the holders of the cards, it is also possible for us to place that much greater of our own opinion on a card based on intent and desire, as opposed to shrugging off commons and over-produced stuff.

    many times i've sent in a card with a certain expectation, and i was able to understand why it was assigned a different grade after closer examination, and it's worked both ways.....imagine a higher-than-anticipated grade on the so-called "Big time" card, would your heart skip a beat? image

    if i disagree with the opinion, then it's my option to get another one.
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