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Posted By: Kevin Cummings

Joe:

WOW! Now this is the kind of stuff that makes this board so great!

Three comments:

(1) As it relates specifically to the Old Judge issue, I think your finding on the average SGC grade vs. the average PSA grade appears to support the assertion many of us have made all along - that SGC is a much tougher, more critical grader.
(2) I think the spike in submissions also sort of supports my feeling that there are many more new collectors of this issue recently and because of its vagaries and inconsistencies (size, color, etc.) buyers are more comfortable purchasing a card that an "expert" has evaluated rather than trusting their own judgment, so sellers are accommodating.
(3) You say above, "...There are a total of 520 players represented in the Old Judge set. At 2496 cards graded, SGC has a 4.6 card per player average..." I don't believe that is true unless there is at least one graded card for each of the 520 (or 472). Your average should probably be caluclated using only those players for whom there has been at least one submission.

Kevin