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Thanks, Drew! It was absolutely great meeting and talking with you in person! It was a crazy whirlwind evening! I absolutely LOVE the stands, and I’m pumped that they fit BGS slabs so well too! When I put out my next installment of Diamond King autos showcase, they will be featured! Yes, those Griffey’s are definitely in my small “top 10 Griffey cards” collection! Thanks for the kind words!

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed the pickups! I enjoyed them too! 🤩😂

AHHH I knew I forgot more people!! YES, Joe! Great to meet you in person finally!! Nothing better than that 90s SHINE 😂😍😍

Thanks, Adam! It was absolutely an honor to meet you too!! I enjoyed meeting you and seeing your pickups as well!! You have an amazing eye for picking out low grade vintage with tremendous eye appeal! I am honored to call you a friend!

That’s a great observation! Yes, most tables that had significant 90s stuff were almost all Griffey and Jeter. I guess that also makes sense as showcase space is limited so they want to put out the most popular, highest value guys. I was going at a pretty quick pace around the show - one day probably would have been enough for me.

Oh I LOVE that set! Now I have all six mirrors! (I’m not counting the certified gold team mirror /25) Forget the 96 Select Certified set though… I would call those “unrealistic” pickups 😂.

Thanks! It was awesome getting to talk with you too! It’s always nice to find others who appreciate Maddux! Plus, whenever duplicates come my way, I’ll know someone who may be interested!

YES! I love them both! Now, if only I could make an actual window of my place into that design… 😂😂😂 It also seems a shame to keep those tucked away in a binder when they should be displayed with plenty of natural light coming in from the back. I’ll figure out something regarding displaying those beauties!

Yes! I am VERY pleased with my copy - his pants are hulk-splotch-free! There IS a semi-prominent refractor line and the vertical centering is a little off, but hey, SOMETHING had to make this into an 8! 😂😂😂

OOOH BABY! I’m still looking for that Maddux Platinum Gold… if you happen to ever see one.

Think of it more like a “Brothers’ Duo” hat than a “Braves” hat! 😅😅😅

Thanks, Orlando! It was great to see you in person!

Agreed! Thanks for showing me the ropes, Al!

@@HighPopProfessor i still think you should have bought that ‘98 Topps Chrome Radioactive AL Martin Refractor 😂

@@iconic_baseball😂😂😂

Thanks, Jake! Again, I’m hopeful but not actually all that optimistic that I’ll find much that interests me. I came away from the Philly show this spring thinking that eBay had a WAY better selection (and prices) for much of the stuff I’m interested in, but I also know that I will see stuff here that won’t be able to be seen elsewhere. And besides - I mostly hope to be able to see and meet people like you! I can’t wait!

Haha, yeah that’s sort of what I’m expecting to find too! I’m going to try to keep my expectations low, so if I happen to find cool 90s stuff, it will be a pleasant surprise! There’s a good chance that I don’t end up getting much at all - I’m not going to try and force it. I’ll still have the cash I’ve saved up for when something pops up on eBay - which is most likely how I will eventually find the specific cards I’m looking for. Thanks, Allen! Hey, will you be at the National?

@HighPopProfessor no national for me this year. I only go to the Chicago one, so I go every other year. I'm only about 20 miles away from the convention hall in Rosemont.

Thanks, Adam! I can’t wait to meet you too! Next week is going to be a BLAST!!

💯! Brothers’ Duo rides again!! 😂😂😂 I CANNOT WAIT!!

I haven’t been introduced to Jared yet, but I look forward to meeting him! Especially if he’s another Maddux guy!! Thanks for watching, Drew! Hey, by the way, do you still have any more of those amazing zebra wood card stands left? I may be interested in one next week! Thanks, Drew!

I would argue that ALL 10s are “fraudulent money grabs”! 😂😂😂 Don’t forget the bulk submitters! They get the “good” grades too! 🤪

i admit 9s look like 10s sometimes and maybe they are but get a 9 to control the population but at least i can count on getting a psa 10 out of every 2 or 3 submissions. a bgs 10 however is probably only realistic if i know a guy thay works for beckett. its titally unrealistic and has ruined their reputation. sgc passed them because they have common sense. beckett is finished ​@HighPopProfessor

I LOVE this analysis and response! THANK YOU for this! I had a suspicion that for lower - mid grade vintage, that SGC had really closed the value gap with PSA, particularly as SGC tends to grade more holistically and less technically than PSA (which often makes more sense for vintage cards anyway). I know my experiences are mostly with 80s and 90s cards in grades 8 and higher, but so many cards from this era live in this grade range, so I thought it valuable to focus on “Mint 9”. 10s are their own strange world that I’ve already posted videos about at length. I would be quite interested to hear any other results of your findings!

@@Dufex_of_Life Thanks for the great info on those! My copy does not have the circular sticker on the back, but I’m glad it’s stilling in a PSA authenticated slab (not that they’re 100% accurate, but it looks good to me too). Jeter was one of those guys for whom I was dreading seeking out a great auto example, as he’s so expensive and frequently forged. I was luckily able to snag this stellar example last year when an auction didn’t end as high as I thought it would, especially considering the “PSA 19” grade. Thanks for the super informative comment!! Will you be attending the National next week?

@@HighPopProfessor Yours is a legit auto, you can tell comapred to ones with serial numbers and stickers; my guess is there weren't all tagged as such; but there are some terrible fakes out there that SGC has actually slabbed because they don't authenticate the autos, only grade them for pack insert autos; Not going to National, have to work but let me know how you make out and spot any cool 90s cards

@@Dufex_of_Life I’ll be sure to report on what I see there! I have low expectations, but hey, maybe I’ll be pleasantly surprised!

Hey, that’s an awesome idea! I would absolutely try that, but I don’t really need the JSA component, as all these autos are certified / pack-pulled. I’m glad that BAS and PSA/DNA will have some good competition though! And I love me a Frankenstein collection! Thanks for the comment, Mike!

@@HighPopProfessor I'm kinda digging that Griffey matrix. You open to a deposit and cash at the show Thursday for it? I'll be there Wed and Thur. Cheers

@@mikepinch Absolutely! If you would like to claim it, I can save it for you! Just let me know and I can take it down from eBay and can get it to you Thursday at the show (or at the UA-camr meetup?). Anyway, my email address is: highpopprofessor@gmail.com Very original, right? 😂

Thanks, Stuke!!

Thanks, Orlando! Can’t wait to meet you too!

Glad you enjoyed seeing the first installment! These are the two years I have the most cards for - most other years it’s just 1 or 2, with exception of ‘92 & ‘93 because those years are particularly fantastic! Thanks for watching, Joe! You coming to the National next week?

Thanks for watching!

Haha, well, you won’t ever hear “Overgraded” from a dealer! That’s just bad salesmanship! But when ignoring the plastic prison and inspecting the actual card itself, I have come across a number of cards through the years that have 100% been overgraded. As far as “gouging”… I don’t know, man. I would be VERY curious to ask the guy who buys a PSA 9 SP Jeter RC for $4600 why he didn’t just buy the BGS 9 for $600. If he’s WILLING to voluntarily pay that, is it gouging? The dude is gouging himself! Particularly with plenty of other options available. In the case of that specific card, I think it’s more likely a set registry addict. Thanks for the watch and the comment!

@@HighPopProfessor I should have clarified better. Two cards, same grade, same company. Seller THINKS it has "eye appeal" due to centering so wants a huge premium. I've seen where sellers think a card is centered and it's 70/30 at best.

@@rockcundiff1761 Ah! Well, the next level of THAT phenomenon is the PSA 9 card I bought as an upgrade to my PSA 8 that I already had, only to get the (older slab) PSA 9 in hand and find that it had worse centering and edges than the (newer slab) PSA 8 that I already had. The 8 was a legit nicer card than the 9. Same EXACT card, both PSA. I resold that 9 so fast it would make your head spin faster than Linda Blair in the Exorcist! 😂

Aha!! THERE’S the flip side of the coin! That’s exactly right! IF I could reliably find the cards I’m looking for in BGS slabs, I 100% would! GREAT Point!

@@HighPopProfessor Problem is I've done several crossovers from BGS slabs to PSA, CSG, and SGC and BGS always had the higher grade....all other 3 had lower numerical grades every time...

@@Dufex_of_Life That doesn’t surprise me. What WOULD surprise me is if PSA had the highest grade of the various companies. It’s not entirely fair for me to generalize as I’ve been doing in making broad, sweeping statements that have so many examples that will inevitably run counter to the generalizations. There are absolutely tons of BGS 9s and SGC 9s that have crossed to PSA 9s, and vice versa. But there have also been a LOT of disappointment when PSA returns a startling number of 8s back to people in these situations. I’m not trying to speak poorly or sing praises of any grading company - I think they all do a solid job and each has their strengths. I hear lots of praise for SGC’s consistency in grading vintage cards and how they take eye-appeal into account more than PSAs colder, more technical approach. And I hear lots of praise for Beckett in how they handle thicker patch cards. There’s definitely room in the hobby for more graders, because when they compete for our business, we the collectors win.

That would be a great test! I suspect most would return 9s. I’ve seen a spate of SGC 9.5s recently on 90s inserts that have not impressed me - some I think would probably cross to PSA 8s, but some would probably get 10s too. But the big question is which would be more prevalent in the SGC 9.5 crossovers - PSA 8s or PSA 10s? I honestly don’t know, and it would be a great experiment. As far as another experiment, I think that it would be fascinating if someone took 100 PSA 9s, 100 BGS 9s, and 100 SGC 9s, cracked them ALL and resubmitted them ALL to PSA. How many from each company would return as PSA 9s? Obviously, the original PSA 9s would have the highest rate of maintaining the 9 grade, as in theory it should be the same standard used again, but I do wonder how many of the BGS 9s and SGC 9s would come back as PSA 8s… 50? 60? 80 from each company? There’s no way to know, but these are the kinds of things I wonder about sometimes.

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching, Mozzie!

Great points! PSA DOES charge more than the others for their service. There is a difference, however, between costs in and value out. If SGC raised their grading prices tomorrow, it wouldn’t suddenly make all SGC slabs increase in value overnight. Also, joining the PSA collector’s club and paying the extra fee isn’t mandatory. I am not and have never been a PSA collector’s club member. I don’t personally send in enough cards to grade with them every year to make it worthwhile. Even without joining up themselves, people could choose to use a bulk submitter to get very close to the member submission price. You are correct about turnaround times! SGC beats the pants off of PSA here! If your goal is to be first to market, SGC is probably the way to go, unless you want to pay a LOT for the speedier service levels at PSA. Thanks for watching and commenting, James!

DING DING DING! We have a winner!! WOOO! 🥳 😂 As a collector, that’s part of why I love buying BGS cards for better value and then selling PSA cards, also for better value. It’s a shame that I can’t find many of the specific cards I’m searching for in slabs other than PSA… Ah well!

I’m glad you enjoyed it, Orlando! I hope to meet you at the National next week!

It totally depends on the card itself and the slab. If I’m planning on selling the card, I suspect that a BGS 9 would bring more value than a PSA 8. If it’s an older BGS slab, I may choose that, as I think an older “weak” BGS 9 is probably a stronger card in general. If it’s a newer PSA lighthouse label maybe from cert. numbers starting in the mid 6s and forward (from mid boom and after), then THOSE cards tend to be strong specimens. And yes, I’m aware that unlike Beckett, PSA’s cert numbers do not 100% ascend in numerical order chronologically, but it’s still a useful guideline. I happen to think that most newer PSA 8s are stronger than new BGS 8.5s, so that’s a tough one. The hilarious part about this is that in this case, the market pretty accurately reflects the reality of the card condition / quality with respect to cost / value. Thanks for the comment, and I can’t wait to head to Cleveland with you NEXT WEEK! MAN, I’m PUMPED!! 🤩

@@HighPopProfessor Looking forward to it BM!!

I’m sure there are other reasons for this phenomenon too. For the record, to this day, I still think the concept of “gem mint” is kinda silly. 😂 Thanks for watching, John!

Yea. I’m like whatever.

As long as $50 cards sell for $40,000 in a PSA 10, they will be king and own our hobby.

@@MrJmangini Yeah, I don’t get it. I just sold a $2 Greg Maddux insert from ‘97 Topps on eBay this morning for $95 because I sent it in and got a PSA 10 on it. So now I have a little more cash for the National! 😂🤷‍♂️

@@MrJmangini ​​⁠ “Own” the hobby is pretty strong language to use here, but they are certainly a primary player in the space. I think of PSA as the 500 lb. Gorilla in the room that nobody can afford to ignore even if they want to. PSA injected themselves into the hobby and made themselves relevant even to collectors who wouldn’t have otherwise cared about them. When registry guys are paying crazy sums for common cards in a 10, I see an opportunity where my goals of potentially increasing my own hobby funds align with PSAs goals, so I go ahead and pull the handle of the PSA slot machine. I can’t control the market or people’s spending habits, but I can certainly take advantage of them when PSA helps provide me an opportunity to do so. Now, Zion MagPros! THATs how collectors can reclaim ownership of the hobby!!

Yes! I really do feel sorry for Beckett. I mean, PSA is putting out all this press about their new “grader’s notes” while Beckett is sitting there shaking their heads as they’ve been giving feedback for almost 25 years in the form of subgrades! 😂 But ironically, it’s the feedback in the form of those subgrades that partially undermines the stability of the market for any given grade! Not all BGS 9s are created (or valued) equally! Thanks for watching!

I love the IDEA of the Perez-Steeles, but the problem is that they’re oversized and won’t easily fit into my current storage solutions. I figure the gallery of heroes cards (I just got the Feller returned in my last Beckett authentication order) from the early-mid 80s are pretty close to card sized Perez Steeles that could also fill the gaps ultimately for guys like Mantle if and when I get around to them. I agree with you about considering the TTM route though! I’m getting ready to send a few cards including DKs to Larry Walker and Mike Mussina. Apparently they are both good TTMers, so hopefully those will go well and they won’t scribble TOO much over their own faces! 😂😂😂 Thanks for watching, Allen!

Thanks, Al! Yeah, I’m undecided about how “complete” my run(s) should be before I showcase stuff. There are a few left that I would like to obtain / upgrade, but pickups for this specific PC are so few and far between that it would take a long time to “complete”, so I’ll probably just do the rest in 1-2 more video installments.

Thanks, Dad! Yeah, they’re gorgeous! I actually started collecting these accidentally! It wasn’t until I already had maybe 3 or 4 of them that I just decided to go for more of them specifically. And so a new collecting focus was born that day!

Oh, YES! Mike’s collection is an inspiration for sure! Amazing DK autos! There are a few white whales in this PC that I’ll be keeping an eye out for at the National as well! Good luck locating your Ozzie and McGee DK autos! I was actually very close to pulling the trigger on getting an Ozzie Smith signed Fleer Pro-Visions with him in his wizard hat and inscribed “The Wizard”. As much as I love the Pro-Visions artwork, the number of players represented in the DK runs is just unmatched! Thanks for watching, John-Erik!

Thanks, Ken! It was a fun run to put together! It struck a great balance between some cards being tough to find, yet not terribly expensive either!

Nice!! I bet those K-mart cards looked good signed! I had a few K-mart cards back in the day, but I always liked the Toys ‘R’ Us cards and the McDonalds ones that had the “Topps gold”-like name plate. Thanks for watching, Sven!

@@HighPopProfessor they actually do but when I was a kid I always got cards from Kmart since there where no Walmarts around lol

Oh, this is great for me to hear! I think the main difference for me is that I’m not sure that either of the specific cards I’m targeting will even be in the room, whereas I would assume that there would probably be a few Doby rookies to choose from. I definitely don’t want to find myself in a situation where I’ve spent a good chunk of money and THEN found a grail card. That would be disastrous! I think I’ll be bringing some trade bait to the National as well - not cards I’m necessarily looking to get rid of, but if I need more value on top of the cash I have to reach a grail, maybe a dealer would accept a cash / trade deal. I think another key consideration is that the cards I bring as possible trade fodder will be ones that could likely be obtained again in the future, and the same couldn’t be said for the grail cards I’m seeking. Thanks for your input Skaght! I might have to request my own custom cards from you at a later time! Or I may also request a Greg Maddux artwork piece… 😃

Sounds good to me! You and I could even do that if you wanted, Dylan!

Heck yeah! Bus driver Dwayne bringing that energy!! 😂😂😂

Yes, those are clearly the “years of oblivion” that the National is shunning! They might as well amend their tagline: “It’s COOL to collect… as long as it’s not that overprinted crap from ‘81 - ‘22.” 😂 I’ll be sure to be on my best behavior so that I don’t succumb to the fate of Veruca Salt or Augustus Gloop! 😂😂😂 Can’t wait to meet you too, Joe!

Looking forward to meeting you Joe!

Sounds great! I’m happy to consult with Jared or anyone looking to get into 90s stuff! Aside from the fresh designs and innovations, there is such a wide scope of cool stuff out there to for every budget, too! I feel like much of the 90s card hobby content out there tends to focus only on the highest of high-end stuff, overlooking a lot of really amazing more affordable stuff. This is where the whole “true odds” consideration often comes into the picture as well! See you in a few weeks, The Drew!

@@HighPopProfessor of your comfortable with it get my number from Al and give me a text. It's easier to communicate offline. Jared is a huge Braves fan so he loves your Maddux stuff

Absolutely! I look forward to meeting you as well, Jake!

MY man!