SGC - New in 2022

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

Any update from SGC? We are more than halfway through January and I haven't seen any news.

Monday

[Zan]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Monday

What do you know?

[chriskim]

They will start grading unopened materials!

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by Zan

What do you know?

Historical precedence and deadpan humor, probably.

"Monday" is a running joke in SGC circles.

[Johnny630]

Hopefully their announcement will be that they will be grading at the National This Year. I was very disappointed they didn’t grade at Last Years National in Chicago.

[parkplace33]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

Hopefully their announcement will be that they will be grading at the National This Year. I was very disappointed they didn’t grade at Last Years National in Chicago.

Concur, they really dropped the ball on that last year.

People come to the National to buy sell and grade cards. Why a major grading company wouldn’t be there is beyond me? Let’s hope they learned a lesson.

[Zan]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

Concur, they really dropped the ball on that last year.

People come to the National to buy sell and grade cards. Why a major grading company wouldn’t be there is beyond me? Let’s hope they learned a lesson.

Totally agree. Spoke at length with Peter regarding this and he defended his position tooth and nail like his life depended on it.

[parkplace33]

Originally Posted by Zan

Totally agree. Spoke at length with Peter regarding this and he defended his position tooth and nail like his life depended on it.

Brian, what was his reasoning behind it?

[Joe Hunter]

I had pretty much used PSA for card grading in the past, but sent my 2nd submission to SGC in December. Generally, I was pretty satisfied with the turnaround time and I thought the grading was accurate. However, I did have one card that appeared to be damaged in the process of incapsulation. I tried to contact them by both email and phone but no response. That was at least 3 weeks ago. So, better communication would be my #1 goal for SGC in 2022.

[Directly]

I was contemplating posting a SCG 3 T205 Cobb on the B/S/T forum but if it not worth the price of a PSA 3, I'll keep it--

[vthobby]

Originally Posted by Directly

I was contemplating posting a SCG 3 T205 Cobb on the B/S/T forum but if it not worth the price of a PSA 3, I'll keep it--

Who says it's not? I'd LOVE to see a pic or 2 and a price, you might just surprise yourself.

Thanks~!

[Leon]

Originally Posted by vtgmsc

Who says it's not? I'd LOVE to see a pic or 2 and a price, you might just surprise yourself.

Thanks~!

PSA just brings more money. I hope SGC hires some experienced graders so they don't keep making mistakes.
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[cammb]

Originally Posted by leon

psa just brings more money. I hope sgc hires some experienced graders so they don't keep making mistakes.
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+100

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by Leon

I hope SGC hires some experienced graders so they don't keep making mistakes.
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Wity respect to PSA, that’s the pot calling the kettle black.

They both/all screw up - more than they should - but to me PSA messes up way more and more egregiously and their grading is totally inconsistent, both currently and current compared to past.

Never get cheated! (Unless you are trying to get obvious reprints graded as authentic)

[Dead-Ball-Hitter]

Do folks feel SGC is grading vintage differently now? Perhaps more strictly than in times past?

[butchie_t]

Originally Posted by Dead-Ball-Hitter

Do folks feel SGC is grading vintage differently now? Perhaps more strictly than in times past?

Not just vintage. I think they have tightened their entire grading process. I’ll find out just how much in 45-50 days. They just received 6 cards from me yesterday.

[Bobsbats]

IMO, both PSA and SGC should change their grading write up criteria. When was the last time you saw anything graded with a crease at a 3? The write ups on a "4" are listed below from SGC
4

QUALITY
VG/EX

DESCRIPTION
85/15 or better centering, corners are slightly rounded with modest surface wear. Light hairline crease may show on one or both sides. A light tear or surface break may exist.
When was the last time you saw this grading as a 4?

PSA states a light crease may be present on a PSA 4.....on a PSA 4? That type of grading hasn't happened since the 90's.

I hope they grade cards based on their own standards soon.

Bob

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Bobsbats

IMO, both PSA and SGC should change their grading write up criteria. When was the last time you saw anything graded with a crease at a 3? The write ups on a "4" are listed below from SGC
4

QUALITY
VG/EX

DESCRIPTION
85/15 or better centering, corners are slightly rounded with modest surface wear. Light hairline crease may show on one or both sides. A light tear or surface break may exist.
When was the last time you saw this grading as a 4?

PSA states a light crease may be present on a PSA 4.....on a PSA 4? That type of grading hasn't happened since the 90's.

I hope they grade cards based on their own standards soon.

Bob

One of the biggest problems in this hobby is that no TPG should have been allowed to determine their own grading standards, and then go even further and to then change them as they saw fit over time. One single set of agreed upon standards should have been set by the people in the hobby, and the TPGs should have had to seek approval and accreditation from whatever group spoke for the people in the hobby. Not the TPGs, not the dealers, and not the people/companies originally printing out price guides and other hobby publications years ago that often included their ideas of what the grading standards should be. And each and every TPG certified and accredited by the overriding hobby group setting the standards should have to adhere to those standards, be transparent in all they do in regards to grading (in other words, when a customer paying for grading asks why a card got a lower grade than expected, they should be given a complete, full answer), certainly not be able to charge grading fees based on a contingent percentage of a card's perceived value (doing so can cause the grading service to not be viewed as independent and unbiased, and it should take about the same time and effort to grade a '52 Topps Mantle as it does to grade an '87 Topps common, so why the difference in grading fees), and also be required to undergo some type of independent, periodic, third-party review of their grading, and if found to be deficient, their certification as an approved TPG should be subject to suspension, or even forfeiture.

It is too late though, as the TPGs have control of the hobby (with too many people now having too much value tied up in certain TPG slabs to ever want to go against them), basically call the shots, charge what they want, and decide what is what.

And as far as TPGs hiring more graders, exactly what experience do these new graders have to start, probably none. So who then is training them, and exactly how and what are they being trained to do? For all the errors and mistakes, and the uncaught alterations, in TPG slabbed cards that continually seem to keep turning up in our hobby, maybe it is about time the TPGs get held to some accountable standard, and start explaining how they go about performing their selection and training of graders, and exactly how they do what they're doing as far as grading. It sure as hell isn't like any of them have something akin to a proprietary grading technique or trade secret, like Coca-Cola's formula or KFC's fried chicken recipe, that could or should allow them to keep from their paying customers exactly what it is they're doing. .

[T205 GB]

Hopefully they go bankrupt this year