Thanks for posting. You have a nice array of cards there. Good selection. My question for you is how are you looking at your cards. Are you eyeballing them? Are you using a 10 times magnifier? Do you have an LED light on your Magnifier? do you have a centering tool. All these things help to make a better judgment on the grade of your cards.PSA does not give grades that aren’t deserved. I’ve sent them many cards in my lifetime and scrutinized them carefully. If you get an eight you’ve missed at least two things on the card. Hey, it’s your money.
On this one I actually did look at a lot of them under magnification, though I generally just eyeball them. I've been subbing for 13 years, and typically do ok IF I take my time. I obviously miss some things like we all do, but most of my misses fall into a subjectivity argument. That being said my real loose rule of thumb is that I break even on value if the card gets the lowest grade I think possible. On this sub for example, 8s might just cover grading, 9s I was in the black and 10s solid wins. Additionally, I think I've only spent more than $20/card on a sub once or twice - I sub cheap. I am not sweating needing a 10 on a $100 sub to make value. Thanks for watching!
All good, brother! I've got some footage I'm slowly working on for a couple more vids. I've just been super busy with my 9-5 and kids' sports teams, lol. Hopefully soon!
There is no way that Griffey is a 5 solely due to centering. I also see some whitening on the back edges, the back right corner has a touch of white, but the main issue I see are the white surface dots on his left elbow (which aren't supposed to be there). If that is on the case itself, then there must be a surface indent which is harder to see. Even if all that is the case, a 5 still seems a rough grade. Just MHO.
Your Jordan is a 7 mainly bc of the back top edge, but also the back bottom right corner white & top right front corner. IMHO, I actually think a 7 is justified on that one :(
Good eyes! You are 100% correct. Right after filming I was taking a closer look and definitely saw the back side, lower right corner wear. Even without anything else that might be there that corner is it. Admittedly that back is often was I breeze through and overlook sometimes. Additionally, when I rush my subs, I sometimes forget if I've fully looked over a card or if it still needs a good review. Looking at some others I found back corner touches on at least one of the Posey Chromes and a surface indentation on the back of the Sabathia RC as well. Might be an idea for additional content - "What I missed". Thanks for watching!
I am a little hesitant to hand the reins over to computers yet. I do believe, though, that humans aided by technology can offer a much more consistent product. Might have to do a deep dive on my opinion someday.... thanks for wathching!
@@jbscardshow As much as im not ready for AI, it would help on grading probably there's so much money in cards now even the grading companies are crooked.
