SGC Going Away?

[ZiggerZagger]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Here's the best business reason I can come up with to ditch SGC. Collector's shutters SGC and announces a special deal to cross all of those cards to PSA slabs. Massive influx of cash for little effort.

Scott -- great point. This is what a few collecting friends and I were spitballing last year as well.

Could easily see PSA offering a window for folks to get their SGC cards crossed over to PSA holders at grade -- probably coinciding with PSA formally shutting down new SGC submissions at some point.
"We recognize the rigorous historical standards of SGC grading are in line with our own here at PSA, etc, etc, etc.", and no charge if an SGC slab does not cross. Great moneymaker, and a way to refocus collectors to a new reality with TPG.

I'm probably 95% PSA in my collection, and would cross most of the rest if offered the chance to do so affordably. That is despite positive memories and experiences grading with and working with SGC in the past.
That said, I'd feel compelled to keep my T206 Lionel Carter Cobb and a T227 Charles Nagy Cobb in their original SGC holders. There would be something not right in my mind with failing to respect that provenance and history with SGC.
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