Sgc

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

And even better way would be to submit that same group to one, note the grades, crack out and send to the other. Assuming none were damaged in the process you would have a definitive answer.

Finding some one to pay for and take the time to do all of this would be the tough part.

I was thinking it would be better to split them because they would necessarily be in worse (true) condition the 2nd time around, but the best thing would probably be to combine the two methods, so that half of the cards are graded first by PSA, half are graded first by SGC, then all are switched.

[h2oya311]

make sure the submitter doesn't have any "friends" at either PSA or SGC, although I suspect this issue might be evident at only one of the TPG's listed. It would be cool to see this same experiment done first by the average joe and then secondly with a big dealer/AH submitting the cards to see if there is any validity to the argument that the big guys get preferential grades.

Also, crossovers aren't unbiased because the one TPG can already see what the other one thought about the card (good or bad).

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

I was thinking it would be better to split them because they would necessarily be in worse (true) condition the 2nd time around, but the best thing would probably be to combine the two methods, so that half of the cards are graded first by PSA, half are graded first by SGC, then all are switched.

Sounds like a plan. I'm sure we all have raw cards we could use for a group submission. Who feels like paying double grading fees for this experiment?

[bnorth]

In my opinion the best way would be buy the 10 cheapest PSA 10 cards and the cheapest 10 SGC 98 cards off eBay and crack them out and spend them back to the same company. That would show how consistent they really are.