Posted By:
petecldAbout your 5 points:
1. <<SGC using "authentic" grade>> Great, they should have done this a long time ago.
2. <<grading authentic, but altered cards>> I think this response was a little cop-out. Shouldn't they be looking for color alterations too? What's wrong with an assessmant of: Authentic (trimmed, color added). Don't they look for that kind of thing now? What if they just used 2 qualifiers: "Trimmed" for cards that are trimmed and "altered" for everything else. Tell the card owner what they feel the alteration is let the submitter decide what to do with the card? In the Comic Book field AGC(?) will grade a book and state on their label any level of restoration. What's wrong with doing this with Baseball cards?
3. <<ALL cards not just vintage. Why not?>> Certainly, why not all cards.
4. << Not wanting to post on the board>> Don't blame him at all, we can be brutal. 
5. Yes, Leon this is a help. Thank You for putting the time into this. I'm sure I speak for most, if not all of us who read this board.