My SGC pain…. Only a 5.5??
 

I suppose I am opening myself up here a tad but I am really disappointed in this Rose grade that just dropped.

Jeez, what would this have graded 5 years ago?

All I can say is that is a mighty fine Rose RC. Regardless of SGC's grade.

Ridiculous! It's like graders don't know how to trade anymore. They have seen so much shiny modern stuff that their brain locks up when they see cardboard!

Just one more reason why we need a functioning time machine!

Does seem like it should be closer to a 7 to me, maybe a 7.5.

But maybe there's some dings along the left edge, particularly towards the bottom? Or maybe the left corners are looking a little soft? Hard to say for sure, because there's some fuzziness in the image on my screen.

Naturally, without seeing the back, and without having it in hand to scan for additional little defects, it's hard to say for sure. Although the flip side is that you really shouldn't need a microscope to understand the grade.

63 Rose
 

a Crime ! a Crime !!

Yours is only 1.5 higher than this card !! :eek::eek:

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We should start a go fund me so you can send it to PSA next :)

That's as good, or better, than my SGC 7.

When was this graded? Are we already seeing the effects of Nat Turner poaching SGC graders and bringing them over to PSA?

Not Nat but Hoge and Reza. I also have been seeing it since after the 2024 National. Nat is just doing what’s best for Collector's as a whole. I put far more on Hoge.

That is a mighty fine SGC graded Pete Rose. I have a SGC 6 graded Rose recently that PSA bulked at crossing over to a 6. Recent SGC grade also by the previous owner. Well after the acquisition. So laughable and frustrating.

It's really pointless to evaluate a card off a single on line photo. The Rose has nice eye appeal but probably has a small surface issue that caused the downgrade to a 5.5.