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Posted By: Scott Sarian

Very interesting topic. A couple of thoughts which jump out to me:

1.) Of the total cards graded by PSA and SGC as of 2 years ago, PSA had roughly 77% to SGC with 23%. Of those graded in the past two years, PSA had 62% to SGC's 38%. So there is a shift with more cards going to SGC now.

2.) The percentage of SGC high-end (84 and above) cards has increased 211% in two years (387 to 818) while PSA high-end (7 and above) has increased only 30% (5211 vs. 6789). So this shows more high-end cards are either going to SGC or getting re-slabbed by them.

3.) Lower grade (1-2) cards have increased roughly 300%, while higher-end cards (PSA 6 / SGC 80 and above) have increased at less than 200%. So more low-end cards are being sent in for grading, and the higher-end cards already have been slabbed.

Scott