SGC?? grading questions??

UODucksbestcollector · Aug 29, 2011

I'm a noob when it comes to grading, i do know that BGS and PSA are the official kings...and people prefer the two from there...

but when it comes to vintage baseball cards...

what about SGC??? i see a lot of grading from SGC...

i'm currently looking at SGC cards and am confused for three reasons...
question 1

I see one card i must have in my collection, but there's no grade, it's labeled "AUTHENTIC"...so obviously it's not a reprint which is a win for me...but why is it labeled authentic and not graded??
question2
but the other question i have is there's always two grades on SGC cards...one of top is usually (i'm assuming) on a 100 scale ( 84) but i see an "84" and beneath it it'll have 7 NR MNT or GOOD or whatever...why do the top and bottom numbers not match...can someone explain this to me? and how is SGC regarded in the community...thanks in advance!!

sports-vault · Aug 29, 2011

Sgc is the preferred choice of many for pre-war cards.

Lancemountain · Aug 29, 2011

Authentic means the card was trimmed or otherwise altered. But it is a real card

Oh and you are right. The top is their 100 scale, the bottom is the more used 10 scale

UODucksbestcollector · Aug 30, 2011

Lancemountain said:
Authentic means the card was trimmed or otherwise altered. But it is a real card

Oh and you are right. The top is their 100 scale, the bottom is the more used 10 scale

isn't that a little weird tho, or am i overthinking this?

shouldn't a card with 84 on top be an 8 on bottom, instead of a 7...or if it's a 7 shouldn't it be between 70-79? what's the difference between the two, and you said the lower number is more preferred?

WoundedDuck · Aug 30, 2011

I really don't know the correlation between the upper number and the lower number, but SGC is definately a well repected grading company, especially for pre-war. It may be the preferred pre-war grader, but PSA is close. Their holders are sturdy and look very nice. There is debate about similar conditioned cards graded by each company and which ones realize higher sales. I believe there is a thread on Net54 discussing it. I'd have no more worry purchasing something in an SGC holder than from PSA or BGS (BVG). No grading company is perfect as can be shown for each of those 3, but they're all by far and away the best. As already mentioned though, SGC A means the card was trimmed or altered in some way and the other grading companies would most likely find the same alteration, but it is real. Good luck with your purchase.

Musial Collector · Aug 30, 2011

UODucksbestcollector said:
Lancemountain said:

Authentic means the card was trimmed or otherwise altered. But it is a real card

Oh and you are right. The top is their 100 scale, the bottom is the more used 10 scale

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isn't that a little weird tho, or am i overthinking this?

shouldn't a card with 84 on top be an 8 on bottom, instead of a 7...or if it's a 7 shouldn't it be between 70-79? what's the difference between the two, and you said the lower number is more preferred?

http://www.sgccard.com/grading_scale.htm

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