Diamond Cuts and grading companies

[toledo_mudhen]

It appears that the Highest grade a card could receive from SGC is an 84 (7)

Per their grading standards they only mention diamond for that level :

84 NRMT 7 70/30 or better centering, slight wear on some corners, minor scratching, some print spots or speckling, and print lines or refractor lines are acceptable. Card may exhibit a slightly skewed (diamond) cut.

[TanksAndSpartans]

That's great - thanks for the reply. PSA only mentions this as a miscut characteristic under ticket grading - nothing under card grading:

http://www.psacard.com/Services/PSAGradingStandards

I wonder how expensive it would be for these companies to offer a report with the grade - without that, they really leave us guessing.

[Exhibitman]

Beckett does already.

Oddly cut cards are a real dilemma, as are printing errors, blank backs, etc. I had a whole order of them refused by PSA recently. I am not sure how to grade cards like these:

[TanksAndSpartans]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Beckett does already.

Oddly cut cards are a real dilemma, as are printing errors, blank backs, etc. I had a whole order of them refused by PSA recently. I am not sure how to grade cards like these:

I like what Beckett does too - its not a full fledged report, but having the 4 separate grades is helpful.

As far as the "dilemma", I guess that's sarcastic - but mine was a serious question - obviously I'm not talking about cards like what you posted - a diamond cut such that the card easily fits into a TPG holder is a flaw and I was just wondering how severe the penalty was for it.