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Posted By: Tom Boblitt

just sheer FLOW of cards that the services get. PSA gets EVERYTHING. TONS of new crap, 1950's, 1970's, etc, etc. SGC probably gets some of that too but not the same amount that PSA gets. SGC gets so much more of the older stuff that they grow their knowledge about those issues and just do a better job on it I think. I'm sure PSA has 'dedicated' vintage graders but they have so much other stuff that they deal with. Beckett faces the same issues because they get all the BGS9.5 people trying to get those 9.5's on new stuff. Not sure if BVG is separate but you rarely see an old card graded by Beckett or BVG. Some people also like the aesthetics of the black insert and the cut to fit insert of SGC instead of the glassine that PSA puts tons of cards in. Never understood why PSA didn't do a clear insert that can be cut to fit like SGC's black insert.