I will be surprised if PSA keeps SGC going indefinitely. Surely, they are working towards merging whatever management, administration, logistics, grading, and slabbing functions aren't already merged. That would be Aquisitions 101. The tipping point will arrive when the IT department is ready to add SGC-graded cards to the registry. Operating two businesses that do essentially the same thing can't make sense. SGC-style slabs may become an option to appease tuxedo aficionados, but grading standards, customer service, and anything else users care about will become one and the same, if they haven't already.
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