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Marc S.I am not a fan of SCD grading...I think it is merely a convenient outlet for Larry Fritsch to get his cards graded.
Their cards seem to be generally overgraded, with two gimmicks that greatly annoy me. First is the "untouched" designation for any card that is graded straight from a pack. (no -- they do not authenticate the pack). The second is the grade of 11 -- for cards that are simply too strong for a GEM MINT 10 grade.
I can think of only two dealers who have even used SCD's services besides Fritsch. Fritsch used SCD because they gave him a sweet deal (including a TON of free advertising in SCD publications). Most Fritsch cards are either bought by uninformed collectors or by collectors who are going to crack them out of their holders and try to get a similar grade from PSA or SGC.
Their website for grading is supposed to be:
http://scdabeta/default_krause.asp
but I cannot get it to work.
Also, isn't it Joe Merkle who is behind SCD's grading? If memory serves me correctly, he left SGC under the most auspicious of circumstances.