SGC Grading Question re: "Authentic"

[obcbeatle]

Originally Posted by Stonepony

"Authentic" cards are interesting to me because their appearance can range from atrocious to near pristine. Nice examples will do for me in an otherwise cost prohibitive issue.

That is so true! I've seen some real nice "T" cards that were graded Authentic, I guess because of being trimmed, or something I just can't see well in the scan.

[T205 GB]

You can always try PSA. They are well known for grading trimmed cards numerically.

[t206blogcom]

When it comes to strip cards, which are hand cut, they appear to do both. This is my W512 baseball subjects set, all SGC graded. When I was submitting these to SGC, they kept coming back 'A', even some of the sharp ones. Then I find a Frisch on eBay that had a numerical grade. So it seems they'll do both, but I'm not sure if there's any consistency.

The same can be said for PSA as well. When I was putting this set together, I saw PSA graded W512s with numerical grades as well as 'Authentic'.

[D.P.Johnson]

Originally Posted by T205 GB

You can always try PSA. They are well known for grading trimmed cards numerically.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by T205 GB

You can always try PSA. They are well known for grading trimmed cards numerically.

Not intentionally, of course. I assume.

[atx840]

Not my card.

[obcbeatle]

Nice set of strip cards Jason! Thanks for everyone's clarification.