Comments on: Memory Lane auction brings in more than $2M http://www.beckett.com/news/2012/05/memory-lanes-auction-brings-in-more-than-2-million-honus-wagner-at-the-center/ Just another WordPress site Tue, 21 May 2013 21:33:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: MikeyEsq http://www.beckett.com/news/2012/05/memory-lanes-auction-brings-in-more-than-2-million-honus-wagner-at-the-center/#comment-94000 MikeyEsq Wed, 09 May 2012 12:52:47 +0000 http://www.beckett.com/news/?p=44640#comment-94000 @CardOpinionator: You can find their grading standards online. No way is that card a "1". Key to a 1 is "...that the eye appeal of the card has nearly vanished in its entirety." A 1 will have significant damage to it. For a 100 year old card, this one definitely still maintains some eye appeal. Both PSA & BGS break down their grading standards on their respective sites. Maybe you should check them out @CardOpinionator: You can find their grading standards online. No way is that card a “1″. Key to a 1 is “…that the eye appeal of the card has nearly vanished in its entirety.” A 1 will have significant damage to it. For a 100 year old card, this one definitely still maintains some eye appeal.

Both PSA & BGS break down their grading standards on their respective sites. Maybe you should check them out

]]> By: Card Opinionator http://www.beckett.com/news/2012/05/memory-lanes-auction-brings-in-more-than-2-million-honus-wagner-at-the-center/#comment-93974 Card Opinionator Wed, 09 May 2012 01:13:12 +0000 http://www.beckett.com/news/?p=44640#comment-93974 Not often you see an OVERGRADED "2"! Multiple deep creases, off center, rounded corners. What does it take to be a 1? Not often you see an OVERGRADED “2″! Multiple deep creases, off center, rounded corners. What does it take to be a 1?

]]> By: Charlie DiPietro http://www.beckett.com/news/2012/05/memory-lanes-auction-brings-in-more-than-2-million-honus-wagner-at-the-center/#comment-93928 Charlie DiPietro Tue, 08 May 2012 13:37:22 +0000 http://www.beckett.com/news/?p=44640#comment-93928 In 1990 at The National Card Show in Dallas, I turned down an ungraded Wagner (David Festburg would not take less than $800) in about this condition because I thought it was a little too much and I was hoping to find one in better condition for under $2000. Well, it didn't happen and I learned my lession. In 1990 at The National Card Show in Dallas, I turned down an ungraded Wagner (David Festburg would not take less than $800) in about this condition because I thought it was a little too much and I was hoping to find one in better condition for under $2000. Well, it didn’t happen and I learned my lession.

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