Please explain sgc grading

[Merrillstoys]

thanks for the info---Merrill

[D. Bergin]

For those experienced, I wonder if you can just send a submission in with your CC number and let SGC decide the bill?

I've got some pretty obscure cards I'd like to send in but I don't quite relish figuring out all the tiers, sizes, values, etc....

[Kawika]

I just received a box of cards today from SGC so it's a pretty fresh topic for me. I think this will have been my fourth submittal to SGC and Brian and Michael have always made things super easy. I have attached a scan of my order which shows how loosy-goosy I filled out the form (I blocked out personal info, credit card number etc). They will come up with the Burdick numbers & years etc although if you can provide them I'm sure it wouldn't hurt. In my case I didn't enumerate the specific cards, just grouped them together into rough categories, gave ballpark values and, to make their life easier, provided them with quick'n'dirty scans of the cards. Sent 'em off registered mail, add money and stir, and voila'.

Edited to add upon re-reading the question: A few days after I mailed the package I called Brian in New Jersey to discuss the turnaround time and bill. You basically tell them how quick you want the cards back and they figure the bill and charge your CC. You can fine tune it yourself if you want to do the homework.

[D. Bergin]

Thanks for posting that David. Looks like you can just send them in a rough draft and let them take care of the billing part.

Funny, how long I've been in the hobby in one form or another.......I've had graded cards but I've never actually sent any in myself.

[Matt]

David - Did they let you valuate the Bonner H801-7 at $1000 and therefore only pay the $25?

[Kawika]

Matt- I filled the form out in a big hurry and put in declared values off the top of my age-addled head. I just had a look at my invoice from Legendary and, lo, Bonner was $1500 plus the vig = $1777, so I was way off. No matter. My understanding is that the "declared value" is more for insurance purposes if something goes missing and that SGC would ascertain the appropriate grading tier on their end, which it appears they did because my receipt showed the calculation "2 x 50", presumably for Bonner and the Matty T3, and, gee, this is a long sentence, ain't it? Anyway, Brian D. can clarify the above if necessary next time he is cruising cyberspace.
Anyway, here is Bonner in his new home. Looks smashing, ja? My instructions to Brian were that if it was going to grade at 10 to label it as "Authentic" instead. No way Jose is that card "Poor", to these eyes at least, and I didn't want it saying so on the flip. When I am dead and gone the next owner can submit for a re-grade if he so chooses.

[Matt]

David - because those two are oversized, my question was actually DOA because anything over $500 value is a $50 charge. I wasn't suggesting you did anything wrong by valuing it as you did; just curious how they handled it (or, rather, how they would have handled it if it wasn't oversized).

Looks great!

[Rob D.]

David,

If you ever decided to sell the Bonner, do you think you'd get it re-graded so it wouldn't be in an "Authentic" holder? I've thought about doing just what you did, but the reason I haven't is because if I ever did decide to sell the card(s), I assume a grade of "Authentic" would lead people to assume alteration.

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Funny, how long I've been in the hobby in one form or another.......I've had graded cards but I've never actually sent any in myself.

Addendum to D. Bergin: Same with me. After 7 or 8 years in the hobby, I made my first submittal across the table at the Chicago National and Michael Goldberg did all the work. I have subsequently made three more via mail, the first time with telephone assistance and a pep talk from Brian Dwyer. I had heard that PSA would rake you over the coals if you hadn't dotted the i's so I had my trepidations but with SGC it was easy pie.