SGC "misses the mark", Seller shows back of card in the title

[Republicaninmass]

BLANTANT erasure on the top of the card, no front scan until you go all the way down in the ebay listing

t3 Wiltse

[Leon]

I would say they "missed the mark" on this one too, nice play .....

[bobbvc]

You watch your tongue mister(s), that's a professional grading company you're talking about. Although to be fair, we don't know if anyone "cracked the case" and slipped that card in.

[Republicaninmass]

Have to wonder if this was a Tennessee eraser

[ledsters]

SGC allows cards with eraser or pen/pencil marks. They do not use a MK symbol to identify it as a mark. I have a couple low grade cards that were graded by them with pencil and eraser marks on them as well. I believe they just factor that in when they give the card its grade.

[btcarfagno]

With those corners and the wrinkle on the left border I would say it is a 3.5 without taking the erased writing into account.

Tom C

[lug-nut]

maybe it was the lighting

...and, i think the highest I've seen with erased or marks was a 20/1.5

[steve B]

They do allow a variety of faults as taken into account when figuring the grade.

I do think they went too easy on this one.

I had one T206 that I've had since around 81/82 that looks really good and came back a 40. When I asked at the Shriners show they showed me the very light erasure on the back. I hadn't noticed it in the 30+ years I've owned it. The same for the other very nice one that was a 50. Just a tiny crease on one border. One that's hard to see without a magnifier.

The guy I spoke to said the grade was a cumulative grade so 2-3 tiny faults could make the difference between 80 and 50.

I felt a lot more confident in the grades after the explanations and being shown the small faults.


I do also think that some of the cards I've seen recently have gotten rather lenient grades. (Including one I had done at the show)

Steve Birmingham

[Republicaninmass]

I've never seen one with writing, or erasure, grade higher than a 1.5