CGC Cards Article on E104-1 Swift's Variety Shop

[BobbyStrawberry]

Cool article, Leon. Those cards look nice in the slabs too.

I know I've seen swift stamps on other issues too but I can't place it right now.

[boneheadandrube]

I like that CSG uses the plastic sleeve insert. It adds valuable protection for the cards when I'm cracking them out of their slabs to send them to another grading comapany. It helps ensure that I can flip the cards for a profit after they are re-slabbed into a more collectible holder.

[calvindog]

Lololololol

Dude.

[bcbgcbrcb]

I agree, CGC has demonstrated time and again that they are more than willing to put in the time and independent research needed to identify the more obscure issues and variations. I cannot say the same thing for PSA, SGC or Beckett these days. Things might have been different in the past but we are now in the present.

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

I agree, CGC has demonstrated time and again that they are more than willing to put in the time and independent research needed to identify the more obscure issues and variations. I cannot say the same thing for PSA, SGC or Beckett these days. Things might have been different in the past but we are now in the present.

This is definitely the Andy Broome factor because he did that too at Beckett. I have found SGC to be very reasonable in being willing to research obscurities too. PSA is not the least bit flexible to the average submitter.

Anyway, count me in as someone who likes what CSG is and has been doing.

[ullmandds]

csg was only co. willing to grade this.

[calvindog]

Pete, can I see a scan of it graded? I have one raw and I’d like to get it put into a holder.

[Leon]

As was mentioned in the article, the 2 different flips for the different Swift's backs went above and beyond!
I think the Variety Shop ones will be a bit more valuable to me and the other guy that cares.

Originally Posted by Lorewalker

This is definitely the Andy Broome factor because he did that too at Beckett. I have found SGC to be very reasonable in being willing to research obscurities too. PSA is not the least bit flexible to the average submitter.

Anyway, count me in as someone who likes what CSG is and has been doing.

[ValKehl]

A few months ago, I sent my W551 of WaJo with it's WOOL'S AMERICAN-MAID BREAD back, which I acquired 25-30 years ago, to SGC to be slabbed. Much to my disappointment (actually, I'm pissed!), SGC did not note Wool's Bread on the flip. When I inquired as to why not, the SGC rep merely told me that SGC is no longer doing this. Mind you, several months earlier I had asked a SGC rep if SGC would note this on the flip, as there are several Wool's Bread cards in the SGC pop report and I happen to have a Wally Pipp example in my collection, and he responded that he couldn't see any reason why SGC wouldn't. I'm now wondering if I were to send WaJo to CGC if I would have the same success Leon has had with his Swift's cards.