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[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by darkhorse9

More importantly, will they correct and relabel old slabs?

If you can convince them, and pay for a reholder.

[JollyElm]

I contacted SGC about the 1974 Topps Winfield wrong back, and they asked for front/back images and then replied thusly...

"Hi Elms,

Thanks for the image of the card. It's really appreciated. We would grade this card and mention wrong back on the label. Please let me know if you have any further questions and I'll be happy to help.

Thank you.

Brent Martin
Collector Support"

And now I'm a big fan of their customer service. Two thumbs up.


Edited to add the card in question:

1974winfield456wrongback.jpg

[Bigdaddy]

How does a TPG differentiate between a wrong back and a wrong front?

[Harliduck]

This is a cool thread...thanks Jolly!! BTW, 100% agree with the support from SGC. I'm not really a grading guy, but have really enjoyed subbing some of my 50's for the fun of it. I'll be 100% SGC no matter what...love the look, and the service. Don't give a flying f*** about resale although I got to imagine with as tough as SGC now is I'm thinking long term that stigma goes away anyhow...


My question...I've been really getting into our local baseball history lately here in Seattle and we have a rich bounty of PCL and minor league ball stuff. I just picked this up and was wondering if anyone would know if SGC would grade this? Will they look at oddball regional items like this or just return? I tried to find out with my limited knowledge of knowing where to look, and googled didn't help. Anyway, it's a cool item, but would love to have slabbed for display purposes...

[Harliduck]

One more question. Just got this back from SGC and am a little surprised by the grade. Seems centered, great corners, front is flawless (to my eye anyhow)...BUT...the back does have some yellow age spotting as you can see. I was hoping for a 6...got the 4...would the back showing age like that knock down the grade? I didn't even consider, but now wondering how the heck this is a 4? I'm sure a lot of pre-war cards show this type of aging, is this a normal downgrade??

[GasHouseGang]

Does any TPG grade unopened packs of Sportscaster cards? I have some I would like to have graded.

[JollyElm]

Harlz,
Here's the 'collector support' e-mail address at SGC that I've been using the last couple of days:
brent@gosgc.com

Shoot him your question (with pics) and I'm sure he'll let you know the deal.

[GasHouseGang]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

Does any TPG grade unopened packs of Sportscaster cards? I have some I would like to have graded.

I wrote to Brent at SGC, and sent him photos of the Sportscaster pack. He said they could grade individual cards, but didn't offer to grade a sealed pack. The packs contain 24 cards each, and the cards measure 4.75 x 6.25 inches.