SGC will now slab Rebacked N172 Old Judge Cards.

[bn2cardz]

For the sake of not outing an auction I am keeping the details out of this.

I saw an N172 card in a SGC A holder that was previously for sale without a holder but with a comment card from SGC stating the card was rebacked.

The auction description states "possibly rebacked".

I don't have an issue with rebacked cards being slabbed as A, and would like to get some of mine done, but I was under the impression SGC wouldn't slab them.


-Follow Up it is official that SGC will slab these cards. See email from SGC pasted below-

[packs]

I have been confused by their policy on re-backed cards too. I've called them a few times for clarity and typically get the same answer. They say that they will not holder them because they have been restored. I've pointed out to them that they have holdered plenty of restored cards as authentic. But I never get anywhere.

[bn2cardz]

I have never understood why rebacked n172 cards couldn't be holdered with wording stating such just like trimmed cards. Yet I have at least understood that this was fact. So I was confused when I saw a card for sale that had been originally decided to be rebacked by SGC is now in an SGC holder. I will be glad if they have started doing it, but didn't know if anyone has heard if they have officially decided to or if this card just got through somehow.

[packs]

I would love it if they started holdering the re-backed cards too. But I haven't been able to get a Yes. The other restored cards I've seen them grade don't carry the restoration tag on the flip. Just authentic.

[glchen]

Maybe the TPG's are concerned with situations like with T206's where someone re-back's a difficult T206 back (like Drum) with a HOF front (like a Cobb) where that front originally had a common back.

[tlwise12]

I had a Tener that I didn't know if it were rebacked or not and sgc confirmed that it was at the national this year. However, they did holder it as an "A" at my request.