It is back up, thanks. And I was able to get in touch with SGC. I'll probably send off a shipment of 50s Topps cards I've been meaning to get graded.
One thing I learned, though, is that they seemed to have narrowed their focus quite a bit. I wrote to customer service asking about a number of vintage Japanese cards that they've graded in the past (almost all of them are available at various dealers in SGC slabs right now) and was told that they do not currently grade these issues.
It makes sense. Streamlining their focus to the most commonly graded sets and steering away from less popular sets should let them streamline their operations and help avoid backlog issues seen at some of the other grading companies. Inconvenient for me at the moment, but probably a good move for the company....
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