GAI vs SGC Market Value

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Posted By: JimCrandell

I think you could do a Harvard Business School study on the different approaches that GAI and SGC took to penetrate the market SGC slow and steady with an emphasis on quality and GAI with an emphasis on their prior dealer(and collector) relationships. So far, SGC seems like the better business model.

But the game is not over. Mike Baker still maintains a reputation by many old-time collectors in the hobby as the best grader there is and I think it is too early to count them out.

I am having dinner with Mike this coming Monday(with Kevin and others) and it will be interesting to hear first-band their strategy going forward.

Last point is I have to agree with Jeff(and others) and disagree with Peter(once again) that PSA has a huge embedded advantage with the PSA Set Registry nand is not going to be overtaken by anyone unless there is a huge scandal or something truly unexpected. A stroke of genius by David Hall.

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Posted By: jeffK

If SGC's registry was as friendly and functional as PSA's registry, there would be many more participants. For example, there's no convenient way of checking to see what's "new" on the SGC registry. Any new or updated SGC registry set is the falling tree in the forest that no one hears. There are other issues too, but this thread isn't about registries.
Neveretheless, an inferior registry hasn't affected the market value of pre-war SGC cards. I think buyers/bidders have a confidence in SGC's accuracy and consistency, and this confidence grows steadily, card by card.
And unlike GAI, SGC won't lose your cards.