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Posted By: Al Crisafulli

Could it be that they graded it that way BECAUSE it had been colored on in pencil? I don't know anything about the issue, either, but I would imagine that if I submitted a T206 that someone had written on, it would grade, but it would grade very low. My experience has been that there's a fine line between a card with a mark or an erasure, and a card with detectable alterations. If the "alteration" is so blatant that it doesn't appear deceptive, the card grades very low. If the "alteration" is more subtle, it doesn't grade.

In other words, perhaps PSA would have given it a 2 (MK) grade, but since SGC doesn't have qualifiers, it dropped the grade to a 10.

I'm not making a statement here, just wondering and speculating.

I have also purchased from the seller, and find him very reputable. One of my favorites, actually.

-Al