Stanton BGS 9.5 population...less?

[card-treasury]

If I sent in 50 Stanton autographs with a minimum grade of 9.5/10, and only 20 made it, 20 gets added to the gem mint column, none get added to the other columns.

If I don't stress this and the other 30 were all 9 grades, then the mix looks a lot different.

Don't read into it too much.

Most bulk graders use the minimum grade for two reasons. First, and abundance of 9 grades or less are hard to move. Second, the storage space needed is dramatically reduced.

If I send in 100 of player X, and get (29) 9.5 grades and one 10, the success rate is 30%. Despite this, people looking at the charts think otherwise.

This may have something to do with why 9 grades often sell for less than gems. People looking at charts think they have a really good shot at getting a 9.5 on a raw card when they see 90% of the cards "posted" as graded came back with gold labels.

In actuality, things are not what they seem.

 

[jcmint]

Spot on Mike.

If I sent in 50 Stanton autographs with a minimum grade of 9.5/10, and only 20 made it, 20 gets added to the gem mint column, none get added to the other columns.

If I don't stress this and the other 30 were all 9 grades, then the mix looks a lot different.

Don't read into it too much.

Most bulk graders use the minimum grade for two reasons. First, and abundance of 9 grades or less are hard to move. Second, the storage space needed is dramatically reduced.

If I send in 100 of player X, and get (29) 9.5 grades and one 10, the success rate is 30%. Despite this, people looking at the charts think otherwise.

This may have something to do with why 9 grades often sell for less than gems. People looking at charts think they have a really good shot at getting a 9.5 on a raw card when they see 90% of the cards "posted" as graded came back with gold labels.

In actuality, things are not what they seem.

 

[Incline Investments]

If I sent in 50 Stanton autographs with a minimum grade of 9.5/10, and only 20 made it, 20 gets added to the gem mint column, none get added to the other columns.

If I don't stress this and the other 30 were all 9 grades, then the mix looks a lot different.

Don't read into it too much.

Most bulk graders use the minimum grade for two reasons. First, and abundance of 9 grades or less are hard to move. Second, the storage space needed is dramatically reduced.

If I send in 100 of player X, and get (29) 9.5 grades and one 10, the success rate is 30%. Despite this, people looking at the charts think otherwise.

This may have something to do with why 9 grades often sell for less than gems. People looking at charts think they have a really good shot at getting a 9.5 on a raw card when they see 90% of the cards "posted" as graded came back with gold labels.

In actuality, things are not what they seem.

Exactly. The population report doesn't mean much at all due to the presence of bulk graders and 9.5 min grades.

 

[ThoseBackPages]

If I sent in 50 Stanton autographs with a minimum grade of 9.5/10, and only 20 made it, 20 gets added to the gem mint column, none get added to the other columns.

If I don't stress this and the other 30 were all 9 grades, then the mix looks a lot different.

Don't read into it too much.

Most bulk graders use the minimum grade for two reasons. First, and abundance of 9 grades or less are hard to move. Second, the storage space needed is dramatically reduced.

If I send in 100 of player X, and get (29) 9.5 grades and one 10, the success rate is 30%. Despite this, people looking at the charts think otherwise.

This may have something to do with why 9 grades often sell for less than gems. People looking at charts think they have a really good shot at getting a 9.5 on a raw card when they see 90% of the cards "posted" as graded came back with gold labels.

In actuality, things are not what they seem.

and why as we head to 2010, BGS9's of current releases are hard to find.

 

[nborton]

[quote="card-treasury":20d3lss5]If I sent in 50 Stanton autographs with a minimum grade of 9.5/10, and only 20 made it, 20 gets added to the gem mint column, none get added to the other columns.

If I don't stress this and the other 30 were all 9 grades, then the mix looks a lot different.

Don't read into it too much.

Most bulk graders use the minimum grade for two reasons. First, and abundance of 9 grades or less are hard to move. Second, the storage space needed is dramatically reduced.

If I send in 100 of player X, and get (29) 9.5 grades and one 10, the success rate is 30%. Despite this, people looking at the charts think otherwise.

This may have something to do with why 9 grades often sell for less than gems. People looking at charts think they have a really good shot at getting a 9.5 on a raw card when they see 90% of the cards "posted" as graded came back with gold labels.

In actuality, things are not what they seem.

Exactly. The population report doesn't mean much at all due to the presence of bulk graders and 9.5 min grades.[/quote:20d3lss5]

While all this is true (especially the part about the sales of 9s), the pure number of 9.5s still tells you something about how hard it is to find one. If you look at a particular set and there aren't very many 9.5s of a certain guy (Stanton in this case) compared to other guys in the set you can probably figure that it's more condition sensitive. There are some flaws to this reason, because like you guys say, you don't know how many were submitted of each card. People may just not be submitting as many Stantons.