Who invented card grading?

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Posted By: Chris

Was it Hager, Merkel, Hall or was it all based on coin grading and that was it?

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

And a follow up question, what should we do to the guy who invented it?? And if he's dead, should we dig him up to get even with him??

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Posted By: jackgoodman

How 'bout if he's dead, we dig him up and then encase him in a plastic slab with a flip that has the wrong name on it................

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Posted By: WWW.TEAMSETS4U.COM

Coin grading was common long before cards.
that is how Collectors Univers (PSA) got into it.
I am not sure but I think SGC was the first card grading company for cards

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Posted By: JimB

My memory could be wrong, but I thought Hagar's ASA was the first.
JimB

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Posted By: leon

I think you are correct....

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Posted By: TONY

Even before hager was a jeweler out of Utah who was grading cards before 1985.....of course he was too far ahead of his time & closed after a few yrs

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Posted By: chris

wasnt SBC the first. It was on a 100-point scale, but I still thought it was the first... It would later be know as SGC?? Maybe I am wrong.

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Posted By: Frank Evanov

Alan Hager had the patent on the 1 to 10 grading system back in the 80's and 90's. I remember his SCD ads offering "franchises" at $15K.

Frank

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Posted By: jay wolt

I remember awhile back Levi showed me a card
that Tony Galovich graded in the early '70's.
Tony was ahead of his time...jay

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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

Al Gore.

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Posted By: leon

I almost said that too.....

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Posted By: BcD

Created 'slabbing' and saved the coin hobby which by crossed over into the card market in 85 or so.

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