Posted By:
Dave Snyder"That's a definitional issue; and a subjective issue. When I see an SGC 30 like that, I know it has spider wrinkles or glue residue. If it was an SGC 40, I would know that there was no glue and only one spider wrinkle. If it was an SGC 50, I would know that there were no wrinkles."
But then you're letting the grade define the card instead of the card defining the grade before you even look at it and it becomes a chicken vs. egg debate. I think the card deserves to be looked at first. If I submitted that scan without the grade and polled the board memebers to guess the grade, I'm willing to bet >90% of the responders would have guessed 40 or 50.
I wish SGC would use 25's, 35's 45's to offer more variety. Who cares if they rub a few people the wrong way - 15 years ago grading companies didn't even exist so it's not like they'd be messing with a time honored tradition.