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Posted By: MW

The bottom line is whether you are a collector or a dealer or some combination of the two, there is always less of a discrepancy with respect to condition (on pre-war issues) if the card is encapsulated in an SGC holder.

Minor differences of opinion may still exist -- perhaps even as much as a half or whole grade between some hobbyists, but there is much more of a mainstream standardization of grade. There are fewer "hidden" defects and fewer worries about liquidity or value.

With the exception of the two most dubious grading companies (PRO and NASA), the majority of eBay listing problems in pre-1950s baseball cards revolve around ungraded material -- everything from forgeries to "raw" material that is overgraded.

I think BcD's point was a valid one. If JVerri is going to criticize SCD for overgrading T206s, then he should be held to the same, low standard (OK. I was just teasing about the "low" part ).