First grading experience and a question
 

I've never graded anything before with any company, but yesterday at the national I got a couple things graded by sgc. I was pretty happy with the results. My T202 Lord/Tannehill graded a 50/4. My other cards didn't do so well but I knew they wouldn't and I just wanted them in the slabs.

Anyway, I'm thinking of dropping off 2 more T202s today. My Tinker/Evers/Chance won't do well but I really just want the protection for it. My other T202 is a M. Brown with the athletic infield and I wanted to get opinions on what it might grade. It's a pretty nice card except it has some tape/ residue at the top. How much will that affect the grade? Here's the scan:

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f...T/brown202.jpg

Thanks for any help.

1.5?? A nice card, however, the technical aspects makes it a 1.5/2 tops.

Agree completely. Have had similar cards graded to a 2 by PSA or a 20 or 30 by SGC. Especially with the tape being on the front, no way it'll reach a 3. Nice card though!

I have a George Mikan rookie with tape residue in the same spot and it graded SGC 10, but it's a little worse than yours so yeah about a 1.5, maybe a 2 for this card.