The Oaks Show and SGC Grading

[vintagerookies51]

This is partially why I collect low-grade cards. I've never had a card that would grade a 2 or higher, so I don't have to worry about what the grade gets

[dog*dirt]

What I look for in a card is eye appeal, which I believe gets overlooked at times by judging a card on grade alone. It seems and is fine with me that the card grading companies focus on the technical aspects of grading a card. I would not mind seeing a flip on the back of the card kind of like BVG in breaking down the surface,corner,centering,edges but with more descriptions maybe they could use a code system if a card is getting knocked a grade or two because of staining, creasing, paperloss etc.

[ruth-gehrig]

Absolutely agree. I could care less how another person believes my card grades. I just recently started on the T206 set and initially didn't know how to go about it....raw? graded? or both? I've been more of the memorabilia collector so I've recently watched alot of graded cards sell on ebay to get an idea of what an SGC 10 brings compared to SGC 30 or 40. As it turns out I've seen several 10s and 20s look like 30s-50s. On a limited budget that's good for me as a buyer because I'm going on the visual aspects of the card and not the numbers! Now if I was the submitter and subsequent seller of such cards it would be a different story.