SGC grading standards

[rats60]

Originally Posted by whitehse

I posted this on another thread a few weeks ago after getting some cards back from SGC. I was disappointed with the grades in that I didn't expect to get 8's or better but when compared to other cards that SGC graded, I was hoping for better than I received.

The old flip picture is images I pulled from eBay with the new flips being the cards I just received back. There is no doubt they tightened their standards on grading especially when it comes to corners.

Why the pics are showing up sideways I have no idea.

Those older slabs are over graded, but when were they graded? 20 years ago? 10 years ago? 5 years ago? or recently?

[whitehse]

Originally Posted by rats60

Those older slabs are over graded, but when were they graded? 20 years ago? 10 years ago? 5 years ago? or recently?

Not sure if there is a way to tell. I had seen these older graded cards and had assumes they were over graded but I thought my cards had a great chance to at least be one grade up from the older cards I had seen.

[T205 GB]

Funny that I didn't see anywhere in here where SGC's new program for grading was mentioned. Could that be the cause? I think rebranding your image with a program that doesn't work properly could be part of the issue but what do I know. They obviously have the issues figured out from the face plant at National. I have no clue how any of that stuff is supposed to work but I am giving an opinion anyway in hopes to solve this mystery of why SGC grading standards have varied so much recently.

[Lorewalker]

PSA's grading standards have varied from week to week...maybe day to day. Yet people continue to submit and resubmit and accept it. SGC has been the one constant on the grading front however it would appear, in trying to rebrand themselves, they have tightened up their standards. Hopefully that works out for them but from the cards I have been seeing with the new labels, they seemed to have over corrected.