My Latest submit to SGC - Results - Tell me what u think

[Leon]

Great looking cards, but as mentioned, some minute things caused the downgrades. The registry is powerful but I collect on eye appeal, so grades are a bit less of a concern.
The cards will get you top end values of their respective grades anyway.

[benjulmag]

Originally Posted by Leon

Great looking cards, but as mentioned, some minute things caused the downgrades. The registry is powerful but I collect on eye appeal, so grades are a bit less of a concern.
The cards will get you top end values of their respective grades anyway.

In my world a grade should be based on some objective standard of eye appeal. The fact it does not IMO makes the current grading criteria worthless to a true collector.

[Lorewalker]

Great eye appeal on the cards. Not meant to be critical but if you missed the pen on the back of the one card I am guessing there are more subtle "flaws" that were missed prior to grading. The images are far too small to even make a wild guess at what the flaws are on each one but sure it is a minor wrinkle, light corner bend or some surface impressions.

No matter what it always sucks when you get cards back at grades lower than what you had expected or wanted. I think we have all been there.

[toledo_mudhen]

Yes totally missed the pen mark on the back of the 1 card - not sure how that happened but my bad -

It's been a while since my last grading submission (several years anyway)

So I'm thinking that going forward - I'm just going to let someone else go thru the brain damage of getting the cards graded & slabbed and I'm just gonna be a buyer on already graded cards in the grade that I am looking for.

[Beercan collector]

Of course we’re just going by photos so can’t be 100% accurate but if it was me I would like to see the Skinner at a 5 and would be happy with the rest of the grades , Kiely Has plenty of corner wear - Wright, Hofman have quite a bit of toning on reverse . Thanks for posting and putting them out here For us to comment

[toledo_mudhen]

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

Of course we’re just going by photos so can’t be 100% accurate but if it was me I would like to see the Skinner at a 5 and would be happy with the rest of the grades , Kiely Has plenty of corner wear - Wright, Hofman have quite a bit of toning on reverse . Thanks for posting and putting them out here For us to comment

Yes - I agree the Skinner is probably the MOST egregious of the bunch - There is absolutely NO REASON, that I can see for that one to come back as a 3.

Like I mentioned earlier - Have been out of the "grading game" for several years. Think I'll probably just crawl back into my hole now and wait for already graded cards to impress me going forward.

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by toledo_mudhen

Yes - I agree the Skinner is probably the MOST egregious of the bunch - There is absolutely NO REASON, that I can see for that one to come back as a 3.

Get a bright handheld light and turn off the lights in the room and shine the light parallel to the surface of the card in each direction, front and back. I bet you'll discover why it's a 3.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by benjulmag

In my world a grade should be based on some objective standard of eye appeal. The fact it does not IMO makes the current grading criteria worthless to a true collector.

Eye appeal is a subjective term since everyone has a different standard. I’d rather see a strict criteria based on condition.