Exhibit Card Grading

[skooter]

I have a bunch of raw Exhibits from the 1920s in fairly nice condition. I'm thinking of sending them to SGC for grading. I'd like to know how writing on the back of these cards affects the grade. Can a card be "EX" with writing on the back? Does the amount of writing come into play? For instance someone's name, as opposed to a player's stats. Any info will be appreciated.

[Matt]

I believe the highest SGC will grade a card with writing is 30/G and that's for a stray mark - a full word can be a 20/F at best, in my experience.

[smtjoy]

Hi Louis,

To answer your question about writting on any exhibit, if you send them to SGC the best you can expect is a 30 if its only a tiny bit of ink writting or erased pencil on the back. Any with more ink and up will get a 20. PSA handles them different in that they will grade the card then add an MK qualifier to it. Based on the cards you sent me condition wise you would be looking at any where from a PSA 2-5 (MK). From a selling price stand point it will not make a lot of difference, nearly all the PSA registry folks subtrack 2+ from any card with a qualifier and many just will not buy them.

Here is an example of a 27 Exhibit Cobb with the word "old" written on his sleeve. I had this card crossover to SGC from the PSA 3 (MK) it used to be.

[fkw]

Depends

Id say if its a small mark in pencil it has a chance at PSA-5 mk, or maybe a SGC-30

I have a 1921 Herpolshiemer Hornsby card (only 1 in existence) with a pencil mark on back (96% from this series have these marks), and it is graded PSA-5 mk, and was previously graded SGC-30