Haha, yeah that’s the only thing that keeps my sanity and faith/hope.
Thee is two videos linked they can give you some more info too
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What is your lowest grade before choice “Authentic”?
For me vintage 7>
Modern 8>
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I always wondered, why not get an actual grade instead of just authentic? Even for a 1 of 1 or 1 of 39, it is still nice to know the actual condition.
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Great question. The only time I choose authentic only is with signatures.
This is my opinion, but authentic only cards feel like an attempt to hide the fact that the card is a “low grade”. But of course depending on the card the grade doesn’t even matter.
“Authentic only” has been around for awhile in higher end cards. For some people having a PSA 4 grade on a card with a few hundred copies detracts from the rarity & luster. I think it makes sense in that scenario. Similar to autographs, its just a preference.
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To me, the “authentic” grade just seems like you’re hiding something. I don’t really see the point of getting it unless you have something like a really clean card with a binder dent or small crease that you don’t want people to focus on. For the high-end market this makes sense in some cases I think, but for the vast majority of cards whenever I see an authentic grade I never consider buying because I know no matter how good the card looks there’s probably some very serious flaw.
Personally I have zero problem with grading more valuable cards in lesser condition and I would always prefer something like a 3-6 grade over an authentic copy.
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For example, you have trio base set in played condition. They are probably all low grade. It’s more appealing seeing three “Authentic” instead of three different low grade haha
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Authentic screams “this card is in bad condition but I want to be able to sell it without a low grade attached to it”
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When psa damaged a card of mine in encapsulation I requested they put authentic instead of the 4 they turned it into. This was a pack fresh 1st ed dark typhlosion with a good chance at a 10, so for me seeing a 4 on the label woulda hurt way more than seeing “authentic”. That being said i was still angered by the card anytime i saw it so i sold it. The auction did worse than raw played copies, despite being a copy with only a dent on the border. PSA did pay out $400 for the damage, and i only paid $10 for the card so its kinda whatever at this point, but i wish I knew the grade it would have gotten, as the damage had happened after grading. PSA wont tell me. Probably a 10, almost all the other cards from that box got 10s.
raw > authentic ≥ low-grade imo
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Agreed. Authentic should only be used for actually scarce or highly valuable cards (or extremely vintage, like pre-1950), or for autographs, IMO.
Has anyone owned any PokeGrade slabs from the UK company?
I bought a bundle of graded 10th Anniversary promos on ebay and half of them have the same damage on the top left corner despite being grade 9 and 10s. They would probably regrade as PSA 6.
Looks like they could have been damaged while being encapsulated. Not complaining to the seller but it sucks that a grading company could manage to damage so many mint 15 year old cards when encapsulating them
That Zard is a 3 at best
They shouldn’t have any subs under 40 or so again imo…peeps were Willy nilly sending too much junk without even looking at it…(cgc and Pokémon card 9 dollar subs did this too). But just ky opinion. I mainly use PSA and so would affect me. Just a thought.
Did anyone see this video on Pawn Stars about an error evolutions Ghastly - thought it was interesting that someone from CGC came to authenticate it and gave it an estimated value of $3,000. (Chum Lee ends up buying it for $2500). Honestly in the current market that seems high but I don’t know anything about error collecting - any thoughts on this?
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Some peeps into error cards some aren’t…all depends on what someone would pay for it. I personally wouldn’t buy it for 5 dollars lol but I’m not an error guy.
Kinda a random number to throw out tho haha
Charlie knows what he’s doing 
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CGC employee brings Pokemon card to Pawn Stars, card gets appraised by another CGC employee at a ridiculous price.
Now it can be sold on eBay, ez money:
ebay.us/tgRxLh
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Ludkins (US) submission (230G-E) from March 2021 went into grading sometime in the last two weeks. Hoorah! Hopefully it’s not toooooo much longer. Y’all are saints.
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