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Originally Posted by CMIZ5290
Just curious, when is the trove going to end?? Is it just me, but a lot of the T206 SGC graded cards are graded off center.
Some, drastically miscut, especially on the back of the card. Most collectors on this forum preach SGC graded cards, but, when it comes down to buying cards they want for their collection, they prefer to buy only PSA graded cards. Why is this? I list a lot of T206s for sale, and 90% or better wants PSA. No offense intended, but I have seen SGC 80's and 84's in this auction that were miscut on the back...That just should not be...
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For me it's easy - I use TPG for the help on things I find hard to see (creases and trimming), and SGC hasn't burned me yet. I get burned with trimmed T206s in PSA holders, and wrinkled PSA 5s, often enough that I try to stick with SGC, which is certainly more generous on centering and corner sharpness -- but those are issues that you can see with the naked eye on a scan. People like to say SGC grades trimmed cards, and makes mistakes in grading, too, but I have been collecting T206s in SGC holders for over 10 years now and have never had a problem. I will still buy PSA graded T206s, but only because there are enough people out there who will blindly take them off my hands if I get burned.
Also, at the grades you are selling your cards at, you are selling to registry folks. That is by definition a group of collectors buying the holder not the card. I don't buy PSA 6/SGC 80 cards. Although I have lucked into a few over the years, the upper limit of my buying is typically done at 5/60. And my pet peeve is spider wrinkles in my 5s. I don't get them in SGC 60s - but I routinely see them in PSA 5s.