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Posted By: Trevor Hocking

Well Chris I can speak from first hand knowledge as I ounce owned the Ward you are showing. I have about 225 different N172's all graded by SGC, my grading company of choice. When it comes to the card in question, (the Ward) the rip you speak of is a glued down repair which in my opinion should make the card a little over graded, and no I did not repair this car myself. I purchased it from Lew in the state it is in. When it comes to Old Judge's the most important part of the card, to most collectors, is the photo. In the case of the Ward it has a GREAT photo, the reason I purchased the card, but unfortunately has been repaired. It does present very well, but I do believe it to be graded very fairly. I will be the first to admit that SGC does graded all over the board when it comes to N172's but these cards are very tough to grade constantly for every collector. I am not collecting them for their grades, but for completion. I do think it is unfair to compare the grading of an E card to a N172. Just my opinion!!!
Trevor Hocking (snider4prez)