Card Grading Is Upside Down

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Posted By: Silver King

Hey Peter,

I understand your question and have always wondered why there isn't a different scale altogether, something like a 3-tier score. Why not grade the card, the corners, the wear, the back, etc. I guess that is just too much for any grading company to do. I don't own any high grade cards of any sort, but I do own a few lower grade SGC N172's and N173's from Authentic up to a 40. One of my SGC 40 pictures appears faded and washed out, but has excellent corners; my SGC 10 has a perfect picture but chipped corners. I think the SGC 10 is a much more appealing card due to the clarity of the picture so to me the grading scale is off.

I am not an investor and I bought the cards slabbed and just thought it odd that the card with the better picture is graded lower because of the corners. I see your point. I wish cards received multi-grades for different elements.