Well, Darth Grader Just Sliced Me With His Lightsaber....

[Jaypers]

Definitely one of my weaker shipments.




Item # Set Name Player Name Final Grade Auto Grade
6038182 2007 Bowman Chrome Draft Draft Picks Jarrod Parker 9.0
6038183 2007 Bowman Chrome Draft Draft Picks Jarrod Parker 9.5
6038184 2008 Bowman Chrome Draft Prospects Blue Refractors Tyler Sample 9.0
6038185 2008 Bowman Chrome Draft Prospects Gold Refractors Brett Hunter 9.0
6038187 2006 Bowman Chrome Prospects Orange Refractors Lorenzo Cain 9.0
6038188 2007 Bowman Chrome Draft Draft Picks Freddie Freeman 9.5
6038190 2007 Bowman Chrome Draft Draft Picks Nicholas Barnese 9.5
6038191 2007 Bowman Chrome Draft Draft Picks Nicholas Barnese 9.5
6038194 2007 Bowman Chrome Draft Draft Picks Matt Dominguez 9.5
6038195 2007 Bowman Chrome Draft Draft Picks Matt Dominguez 9.5
6038196 2007 Bowman Chrome Draft Draft Picks Matt Dominguez 9.5
6038197 2007 Bowman Chrome Draft Draft Picks Michael Taylor 9.5
6038198 2007 Bowman Chrome Draft Draft Picks Michael Moustakas 9.0
6038199 2007 Bowman Chrome Draft Draft Picks Michael Moustakas 9.5
6038200 2007 Bowman Chrome Draft Draft Picks Jason Heyward 9.5
6038201 2007 Bowman Chrome Draft Future's Game Prospects Michael Saunders 9.5
6038203 2007 Topps AFLAC Garrison Lassiter 9.0
6038204 2007 Topps AFLAC Garrison Lassiter 9.5
6038209 2007 Bowman Chrome Draft Draft Picks Blue Refractors Michael Taylor 9.5
6038216 2008 Topps AFLAC Beau Wright 9.5
6038219 2008 Topps AFLAC Christopher Jenkins 9.0
6038220 2008 Topps AFLAC Ian Krol Does Not Meet Minimum Grade
6038222 2008 Topps AFLAC Richie Shaffer 9.0
6038223 2008 Topps AFLAC Michael Zunino 9.0
6038224 2008 Bowman Chrome Prospects Refractors Dominic Brown 9.0
6038225 2008 Bowman Chrome Prospects X-Fractors Dominic Brown 9.5
6038226 2008 Bowman Chrome Prospects Gold Refractors Juan Francisco 9.0
6038231 2008 Topps AFLAC Matt Davidson 9.0
6038232 2008 Topps AFLAC Matt Davidson 9.0
6038233 2008 Topps AFLAC Matt Davidson 9.0
6038237 2008 Topps AFLAC Matt Graham 9.5
6038253 2008 Topps AFLAC Scott Griggs 9.0
6038258 2008 Topps AFLAC Slade Heathcott 9.5
6038263 2008 Topps AFLAC Andrew Susac 9.5
6038264 2008 Topps AFLAC Andrew Susac 9.5
6038268 2008 Topps AFLAC Chad Thompson 9.0
6038270 2007 Bowman Chrome Draft Draft Picks Jarrod Parker 9.5
6038271 2007 Bowman Chrome Draft Draft Picks Jarrod Parker 9.5
6038273 2008 Bowman Chrome Draft Prospects Blue Refractors Derek Holland AU 9.0 10
6038274 2008 Bowman Chrome Draft Prospects Derek Holland AU 9.5 10
6038276 2008 Bowman Chrome Prospects Blue Refractors Angel Villalona AU Does Not Meet Minimum Grade
6038279 2008 Bowman Chrome Draft Prospects Zach Collier AU 9.5 10
6038280 2007 Bowman Chrome Prospects Gold Refractors Trevor Cahill AU Does Not Meet Minimum Grade
6038281 2008 Bowman Sterling Prospects Chris Tillman AU 9.5 10
6038282 2008 Bowman Sterling Prospects Chris Tillman AU 9.0 10
6038283 2008 Bowman Sterling Prospects Chris Tillman AU 9.5 10
6038284 2008 Bowman Sterling Prospects Gold Refractors Chris Tillman AU 9.5 10
6038285 2008 Bowman Draft AFLAC Autographs Rick Porcello 9.5 9
6038286 2008 Bowman Sterling Prospects Greg Halman AU 9.5 10
6038287 2008 Bowman Sterling Prospects Black Refractors Greg Halman AU 9.0 9

The Cahill Gold Ref Auto, Derek Holland and Angel Villalona Blue Autos looked absolutely fine to me, under 10X magnification. These three hurt more than anything. I was also bummed that the Porcello auto didn't get a 10. I don't believe it had anything wrong with it.

 

[bballcardkid]

What was the minimum on the Cahill?

 

[Jaypers]

What was the minimum on the Cahill?

9 for all cards.

 

[muchuckwagon]

Hum....a lot of base chrome cards. Any reason? It is getting more and more difficult to earn a decent return on a base chrome (non-autograph) even if it grades out a 9.5.

 

[ThoseBackPages]

seen much worse, you only missed on two cards

 

[daveyou]

sorry about those 3 cards....resub?

on a positive note,

6038281 2008 Bowman Sterling Prospects Chris Tillman AU 9.5 10
6038283 2008 Bowman Sterling Prospects Chris Tillman AU 9.5 10
6038284 2008 Bowman Sterling Prospects Gold Refractors Chris Tillman AU 9.5 10
6038285 2008 Bowman Draft AFLAC Autographs Rick Porcello 9.5 9

love em, especially the gold tillman

i checked my auto grades on the porcello aflac's and got 1x 10 auto and 3x 9 auto...i thought they were ok as well but they really seem to be tough...

dave

 

[bballcardkid]

Hum....a lot of base chrome cards. Any reason? It is getting more and more difficult to earn a decent return on a base chrome (non-autograph) even if it grades out a 9.5.

I'm sure he is smart enought to cash in when the time is right.

http://cgi.ebay.com/07-Bowman-Chrome-To ... 240%3A1318

http://cgi.ebay.com/07-Bowman-Chrome-To ... 240%3A1318

 

[Jaypers]

Hum....a lot of base chrome cards. Any reason? It is getting more and more difficult to earn a decent return on a base chrome (non-autograph) even if it grades out a 9.5.

They were pulled from packs and just taking up space in my 3200 ct boxes, so I figured why not. Plus, I needed a minimum of 50 cards to qualify for their Report Card Special.

 

[muchuckwagon]

Hum....a lot of base chrome cards. Any reason? It is getting more and more difficult to earn a decent return on a base chrome (non-autograph) even if it grades out a 9.5.

I'm sure he is smart enought to cash in when the time is right.

http://cgi.ebay.com/07-Bowman-Chrome-To ... 240%3A1318

http://cgi.ebay.com/07-Bowman-Chrome-To ... 240%3A1318

For starters, I don't see Hanson in that order.

Second, I didn't say it was impossible....I said, "It is getting more and more difficult..." to make a decent profit.

 

[Bruin7]

Sorry to hear this JP. I haven't been sending anything in to BGS lately as I've noticed a lot of inconsistency with their grading. For example, last year I sent in a Bowman Chrome Blue Refractor Brett Gardner #/150 and it didn't meet minimum grade. I then listed it on eBay when he was called up last year and sold it to nldclark. A couple months later I see MY card (same serial #) in his auctions with a BGS 9.5!?!?! WTF?!?!?!

Allen

 

[Jaypers]

Just noticed that my Holland Blue Ref Auto came within .5 of a 9.5. God, I hate when that happens.

 

[bballcardkid]

Hum....a lot of base chrome cards. Any reason? It is getting more and more difficult to earn a decent return on a base chrome (non-autograph) even if it grades out a 9.5.

I'm sure he is smart enought to cash in when the time is right.

http://cgi.ebay.com/07-Bowman-Chrome-To ... 240%3A1318

http://cgi.ebay.com/07-Bowman-Chrome-To ... 240%3A1318

For starters, I don't see Hanson in that order.

Second, I didn't say it was impossible....I said, "It is getting more and more difficult..." to make a decent profit.

You may not see Hanson, but you see players with an equal or better hobby ceiling. Obviously its difficult to make a profit. It's difficult to make a profit on anything in this hobby if the player isn't hot.

 

[FortyFour]

Not horrible,

Is this one going on ebay JP?

6038219 2008 Topps AFLAC Christopher Jenkins 9.0

 

[Jaypers]

Not horrible,

Is this one going on ebay JP?

6038219 2008 Topps AFLAC Christopher Jenkins 9.0

Unless you want it. Came within .5 of a 9.5. Shoot me a PM if so.

 

[trolea1234]

Sorry to hear this JP. I haven't been sending anything in to BGS lately as I've noticed a lot of inconsistency with their grading. For example, last year I sent in a Bowman Chrome Blue Refractor Brett Gardner #/150 and it didn't meet minimum grade. I then listed it on eBay when he was called up last year and sold it to nldclark. A couple months later I see MY card (same serial #) in his auctions with a BGS 9.5!?!?! WTF?!?!?!

Allen

I send in 07 BCDP Matt Laporta gold refractor and it didnt meet min grade. Sold to nldclark also and seen it later in a PSA 10 slab.

 

[Austin]

I wonder if Beckett Grading gives all recognizable FreedomCardBoard members' submissions to Darth Grader on purpose, so he can impose his wrath on us for our mass exodus from Beckett's crappy message board.
I'm not really serious, and the graders are not supposed to see whose cards they're grading.
But I'm sure Beckett's message board people hate us with a passion and have friends who are BGS graders.

 

[All The Hype]

Just noticed that my Holland Blue Ref Auto came within .5 of a 9.5. God, I hate when that happens.

So do I. I own 2 of the 10 of these, and one of them I bought without the case it came in from the factory, so I decided to send it in. Looked absolutely perfect both to the nakid eye and under magnification...and it ended up getting a 9 overall with two 9.5 and two 9 subgrades. Really annoying as it's about a fifty-one hundred dollar difference (if not more), come sell time.

A couple of the nicer cards you sent ended up being 9.5s though, coulda been worse at least.

Here's the card-

 

[Bruin7]

Just noticed that my Holland Blue Ref Auto came within .5 of a 9.5. God, I hate when that happens.

So do I. I own 2 of the 10 of these, and one of them I bought without the case it came in from the factory, so I decided to send it in. Looked absolutely perfect both to the nakid eye and under magnification...and it ended up getting a 9 overall with two 9.5 and two 9 subgrades. Really annoying as it's about a fifty-one hundred dollar difference (if not more), come sell time.

A couple of the nicer cards you sent ended up being 9.5s though, coulda been worse at least.

Here's the card-

$5,100 difference???

Allen

 

[hive17]

Definitely one of my weaker shipments.

6038187 2006 Bowman Chrome Prospects Orange Refractors Lorenzo Cain 9.0

Dude, here's me giving you a cyber-pat-on-the-shoulder.

 

[starwarsfan2003]

$5,100 difference???

Allen

I think he meant $50-$100 difference.