Posted By:
Matt BojorquezBarry,
I believe it was you who recently had an experience buying cards from a Mastro Auction and then sending them to SGC for grading. There was quite a variance between the Mastro Staff's grades and those given by SGC. With the head's of both of these companies present, did you bring up the topic of some sort of homogination of at least the numerical aspect of grading? I had a similar recent situation, I bought a card from the last Mastro Auction. PSA graded the card a Mint 9. The Mastro staff described it as "...this truly special card. Spectacular eye appeal! Pack-fresh Mint Condition." Yet, when I sent the card to SGC it was deemed to not be Mint. This is very frustrating for somebody trying to put together a collection using only one grading service. It would be nice if there could be some sort of universal grading scale; then customers could decide which company to patronize based soley on customer service, cost, holder preference, ability to detect altered cards and not on what a particular grader's opinion is the day he happens to be looking at your card.
Matt