SGC grading is super fast.

[BobbyStrawberry]

I can't help but wonder if an SGC price drop is coming.. (on their grading services, I mean)

[pkaufman]

I would personally like to see SGC's re-holder fee reduced. It would seem to be much less work to re-holder a card, than to grade one. Yet there is a $30 fee for both services at the base level. I thought the $10 re-holder fee they charged in the past was fair.

[chadeast]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

I can't help but wonder if an SGC price drop is coming.. (on their grading services, I mean)

It has to be coming. Their turnaround times in the past few months have been extremely fast. I've been sitting on a pile of cards for well over a year now, just waiting for the inevitable drop in demand for grading. My guess is that the next price drop will be in the $15-20 range, in which case I'll still be waiting.

[BobC]

What would really be telling and extremely more informational is if we could get a breakdown on those graded card numbers by the various TPGs. For example, modern sports cards, vintage/pre-war sports cards, TGC cards, etc. I think if they broke those numbers out it could possibly tell a different story.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by BobC

What would really be telling and extremely more informational is if we could get a breakdown on those graded card numbers by the various TPGs. For example, modern sports cards, vintage/pre-war sports cards, TGC cards, etc. I think if they broke those numbers out it could possibly tell a different story.

PSA is probably 90 percent modern or more.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

PSA is probably 90 percent modern or more.

That's why I mentioned it. It could end up showing one TPG is not going up, or down, across the board, and only in certain categories of cards. Having that info would be more telling and informative than just a gross total number of graded cards.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by BobC

That's why I mentioned it. It could end up showing one TPG is not going up, or down, across the board, and only in certain categories of cards. Having that info would be more telling and informative than just a gross total number of graded cards.

The fallacy of composition?

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

The fallacy of composition?

In any case I cannot imagine they can be leading in any category with numbers like that. I honestly really enjoy the SGC product but those numbers are catastrophic.

With their history of work they should be in 2nd, during the PSA hold they had every opportunity on earth to advance their footprint in modern and have apparently failed miserably. People were submitting and the listings had grown for modern sgc on eBay. Leadership should be analyzing where these marketing failures fall and make changes.

I am hoping this is a blip as the sample size is so small and is related to the PSA pricing changes and they remedy immediately. A trend like that, if it continues, is a very poor sign of health.