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Originally Posted by BobC
Thanks Mike, can understand their concern if the backing was coming off. Though I doubt anyone could try and fake an S74 silk, I can definitely see someone taking the backing off the silk off a common player, and then maybe trying to re-attach it to a more famous player and HOFer, like Cobb. Can also then see SGC viewing a partially attached back as a suspected attempt to re-back a silk, and thus technically make it an alteration, deserving of an "A" grade. But if that was the original backing that brown ink Chase silk came with, and after more than a century it finally started to come a little loose, it isn't really fair to whoever submitted it to automatically hit it with an "A" grade IMO. But I guess if SGC can't really tell the difference, it probably is best to err on the side of caution as opposed to accepting an altered item.
However, if the other, blue ink, Chase silk did have the backing still solidly attached, even with excessive fraying it would/should still get a numerical grade. Unless whoever submitted it had requested it be authenticated only, with no numerical grade assigned. Otherwise, there had to be something else SGC found to only let them give it an "A" grade. Can't really tell from your scanned image, but if I could see it in person maybe something else would jump out. Otherwise, looks like a typical, solid "3" grade silk to me. I'll take a look and let you know if I have any extra Chase silks you might be looking for.
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Hey Bob, yeah, I could kinda see why they gave the one with the half-attached backing an "A" grade (and I did need to submit it two times because they sent it back unslabbed the first), but I was a little annoyed with the blue ink when it returned to me (yes, I subbed it myself) with an authentic grade, even though the back was firmly attached. I thought it deserved at least a 1. Honestly though, I just wanted it in a tux, as about 98% of my Hal Chase collection is in SGC holders. It keeps my display uniform, and I'm anal about that, lol. I will say, however, that SGC is wildly inconsistent when they grade these. And it's also odd that with all of the sets (pre war specifically) that they no longer grade, they still grade these, though I'm not complaining!
Mike
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