What a difference a holder makes......
 

Although I loved this card in a PSA holder, even with the weird shrink wrap, this card absolutely pops in an SGC holder -- especially since the black insert interacts so well with the black pen of Marquard's signature.

Anyone else have any other examples of how a holder really improves the appearance of a card?

BEFORE:
<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/FZMNeLSa5vAYQ4wiGF5KwhbWeNnJo_xRPQ0npt7PkVA?feat=e mbedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Ys7fw31kTDs/TR_U6Uais0I/AAAAAAAAI0w/I6-VadCF2aQ/s800/Marquard-E96-PSA-DNA.jpg" height="791" width="470" /></a>

AFTER:
<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Eucujsjdg-6IqEGek2GN3RbWeNnJo_xRPQ0npt7PkVA?feat=embedwebsit e"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Ys7fw31kTDs/TTo6U3-RYVI/AAAAAAAAI3E/5jkGu6bSEOs/s800/MarquardE96.jpg" height="800" width="487" /></a>

So is SGC back to doing auto authentication and encapsulation. If so, how is their pricing scaled?

At the recent White Plains show, SGC and JSA basically shared a long table. They were still in the process of putting together a formal pricing/offer package for signed cards. I had a number of cards I wanted to have SGC/JSA graded/authenticated, so we negotiated a fee based on the players, number of cards, and turnaround time. But they will have something public soon, or so I was told....

So does that Marquard card have one of those little oval stickers on the back?

Hell no. I won't allow that. I peel them off if I ever get a card with them, as you can see on my old signed E91 McBride below.

You can ask for the sticker treatment, but I have no idea why you would....

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/fd22YPd-iz6VfToywxENJ3qOX-oDSI6VdHQQAIFqRCg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Ys7fw31kTDs/SHkoqkf1d9I/AAAAAAAAEJg/D_K2Jk4q9RI/s800/McBride%20E91%20%28BVG-JSA%29%20%28Reverse%29.jpg" height="763" width="477" /></a>

Good!!! The guys who'd 'sticker' a card would be the same mavens who'd slice up a Cobb bat for some 'bat' cards...

I just love this 1932 Sanella Ruth that PSA graded as a PSA 7.5+, but it doesnt look good in the PSA holder. It just kind of floats around in there. I would love to see it in an SGC holder. So I sent it to SGC but it didnt cross. So I had to make the decision, keep the grade or get it in the SGC holder where it will present much better. For now I am unwilling to give up that grade. Maybe one day I will try sending it to SGC again...

:(

Sell that one with it graded as is and use the money to buy an equivalent SGC graded one :)