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Cool '61 Torre! I wish they had issued that one. (View Post)

It seems there are three groups of graders these days. 1) The novices that give 9's to EX-MT cards, 2) The novices that give 7's to MINT cards that should be 9s and finally, 3) The experienced grader… (View Post)

There are two things going on here. First, standards have tightened, particularly for colored border cards. Second, grading consistency has really declined. I haven't gotten a generous grader in a lo… (View Post)

It's complete BS. I can understand tightening standards 10-15 years ago as the grading industry matured. However, continually doing so just undermines the whole enterprise and smacks of trying to con… (View Post)

My 139 card February vintage sub popped a week ago. It sat in assembly for a few weeks. I got hammered... My worst sub in 25 years of submitting thousands of cards. My pre-pandemic deadline vintage s… (View Post)