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James/jverri01 I am amazed by some of the grading I have seen that has been done by SCD. Do they do the grading in-house, or out-source it and just allow the SCD name to be added? I don't mean to be overly-harsh, as I tend to be a bit conservative in condition assessment, but - can a card with paper loss, heavy chipping, etc., really be defined as very good? To me - not really. Here are some T206 examples, (sorry to only include examples of T206s - but, as most of you know - that is pretty much all I touch) currently on Ebay:
A Chance portrait with a "heavy chip" (heavy enough for me to consider it paper loss):
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1821887528
It was assessed as vg
A Bender that is moderately miscut (extensively enough that PSA probably wouldn't have slabbed it)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1821887291
It was also assessed as vg
A Tinker portrait with heavy chipping
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1821888330
Also assessed as vg
A Keeler portrait that is seriously miscut and has a touch of paper loss on reverse
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1821888126
Assessed as EX
Am I just being harsh? Or, is this overgrading?
Other examples of other sets welcomed.
Thanks for hearing me out - and maybe following-up with a reply.
James