Posted By:
JoannMatt,
I understand the boat you're in with the SGC half-grades. I just sent in 6 to SGC and debated a long time whether to use PSA for that exact reason. There were a few that I thought were low end 2's maybe.
PSA would almost certainly have given them 2's, if they had to choose between a 2 and a 1. I really don't think they would have given them 1's. But SGC doesn't have to choose between 1 or 2. They have that 1.5 option, and I was afraid that I would be sacrificing the half grade by not making PSA pick between a 1 and a 2.
So I looked on cardpricer to see what the difference was. I was surprised that, for the few cards I had, the PSA 2 price was comparable to or lower than the SGC "1" price (the SGC 1 on cardpricer combines all sales for both the 10 and 20 - so the 1.5 is in with the 1's).
Three of the cards did get the dreaded 20 - and I absolutely know as sure as I'm sitting here that PSA would have given them 2's. But I don't think I'll end up with less money for them.
I debated a long time though, and in the end once I thought it wasn't that much of a money difference I went with SGC because their submission process is easier and it only cost $10 per card instead of $15.
Joann
PS - all three of the borderline cards are worth less than $100 graded. If it were an expensive card - like $250 or more (okay okay all you high rollers - $250 is expensive to me! lol) - I would have gone with PSA without a second thought. At some point I do think the difference between a PSA 2 and an SGC 1.5 would show up in price.