Anyone ever buy sets from New England Sports Cards?

BaltimoreYankee

The vintage sets they have listed on eBay always look near mint but heavily bowed. Wondering is anyone had luck with them, flattening out the cards, etc.
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olb31

If grading, dont't buy them. This is 4 sharp corners way of getting rid of their less desirable cards that will not grade well enough to make any money. if not grading, then I don't have an answer for you.

LarkinCollector

I don't have set buying experience with them, but have bought singles and large lots. Their grading seems to be accurate with the possible exception of factoring centering in.

PaulMaul

<< <i>I don't have set buying experience with them, but have bought singles and large lots. Their grading seems to be accurate with the possible exception of factoring centering in. >>



Yes. In other words, a set described as NM will have nearly every card O/C, but otherwise NM. That was my first (and only) experience with them, anyway.

PaulMaul

<< <i>The vintage sets they have listed on eBay always look near mint but heavily bowed. Wondering is anyone had luck with them, flattening out the cards, etc.
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The bowing is because they are likely vending box grading rejects, as olb31 said.

Nathaniel1960

Every once in a while you'll see a bargain offered up by them.