I had a wonderful 1914 CJ for Oldring that SGC graded a 3. But the corners and image and color all suggested a 5/6. Problem was it was rather heavily stained--not the usual ugly blotches but a somewhat uniform taint. I asked an SGC guy at a show if it might get an upgrade and he said no way because of the stainy tone. A year later I submitted to them at the same show--and it came back a 4.5. That seemed fair to me. But even SGC was all over the map on same card.
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