Grading Blank Back t206

[ullmandds]

That's really lame! One of the TPG'ers should offer a service where they will grade just about any card...within a size range for an amount of $$$$$$.

I have a handful of cards...fro joy,quaker ruths...I know theres beckett...my cobb e95 cutout...someone should be able to grade these cards?

[Luke]

I hope someone from SGC can come on here and address this. It would be extremely disappointing for them to quit grading T206 Blank Backs. Missing ink and other oddball stuff I completely understand, but Blank Backs are very easy to identify and authenticate.

[benjulmag]

What about T206 proofs? They have the proof markings on the fronts and are blank-backed. Would SGC consider them to be a different category of blank-backed T206's and grade them? Such cards IMO are fundamentally different because being proofs they were manufactured with no intent of having the versos be anything other than blank-backed, and to my knowledge the fronts are full production run versions (i.e., at the time of manufacture they were not missing any intended features).

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

That's really lame! One of the TPG'ers should offer a service where they will grade just about any card...within a size range for an amount of $$$$$$.

I have a handful of cards...fro joy,quaker ruths...I know theres beckett...my cobb e95 cutout...someone should be able to grade these cards?

+1 Agreed

[fkm_bky]

SGC definitely is tightening things in a lot of areas with grading...not necessarily for the better.

This is one example that Josh points out, but they now also consider heavily creased cards ungradable, or only accepting of an "A" even though the card is untouched/cut otherwise.

And yes, you MUST note on your submission that you're willing to receive an "A" grade or they won't (I found that out the hard way last month).

Yet, you see SGC1's around with corners missing, chunks out of the side, holes, massive paper loss, etc. It makes no sense.

You'd thing SGC would want to strike while the iron is hot and PSA is languishing under a mountain of cards to grade to lure people in...instead they're pushing them away.

Bill

[MVSNYC]

Hi Corey, long time, no speak, hope you're well.

I'm surprised SGC will no longer slab Blank Backs, God knows they've slabbed a ton of them over the years...to your point, I would imagine they'll still authenticate ("A") and slab Proofs; as you said they are a different animal and have characteristics (proof cross-hatch marks, perfect registration, etc) that further distinguish them from simple Blank Backs...Regardless, I think an expert can tell if a card has been skinned or left the factory Blank...hope they reconsider, and continue to slab BB's.

[wazoo]

After seeing a caramel card, forgot what series, graded by SGC a couple months ago, I thought I’d try my luck. SGC refuses to encapsulate these cards. These are no brainers that they’ve always encapsulated - yet another goofy policy shift without justification from upper management. I guess since it doesn’t say PRIZM They don’t care…

[Bridwell]

Those are great looking cards! You don't need to have them slabbed to enjoy them. You could easily sell them as is. I'm not sure if SGC grading would add anything to the value anyways. At best, you'd get an A and not a numeric grade. I agree that SGC does grade some blank backed issues but not T206? Weird!

[wazoo]

Originally Posted by Bridwell

Those are great looking cards! You don't need to have them slabbed to enjoy them. You could easily sell them as is. I'm not sure if SGC grading would add anything to the value anyways. At best, you'd get an A and not a numeric grade. I agree that SGC does grade some blank backed issues but not T206? Weird!

Thank you for the kind words. You’re totally right, I do not need them slabbed to enjoy them at all. I guess my rant is more focused on the inconsistencies being introduced to TPG in the most recent years and the lack of transparent standards. These cards have no intention of leaving my side - I just was hoping they’d be placed in a nice holder like past copies have with the Blank Back provenance. This is obviously a personal bias, and vent session I guess haha.