Gentlemen- to be clear, the vast majority of cards I buy are already slabbed.
Therefore, "speed" is not commonly an issue, it's the grading. It's
my experience that SGC is the more consistent grader than PSA, a topic
separate from speed of submissions. Currently I would say people know SGC
will be strict on vintage consistently, whereas PSA will be more "all over the
map". The topic in this thread has been speed, so I addressed that topic
first. Given the choice of waiting 6 months plus for cards whose grades are
up in the air, or a month for those I now know will be tight, I'll take the
month every time...
I'll also observe that my most recent submission was all vintage, and was
basically a test case. There is no question SGC is being far more exacting on
vintage than in previous years. Why? You tell me, I'd like to know
In the
meantime I'll keep doing 90% of my buys as I have been- previously
slabbed cards.
The cards I am submitting next are all tobacco, where (in my opinion) SGC
clearly grades more accurately and has done so for quite some time. I'm
curious to see a) turnaround time per this post's topic and b) if SGC is
tightening up on tobacco too. I have an idea what grade each card should
bring and am eager to see if SGC agrees/is close. I think my tobacco
"self grades" will line up closely with SGCs slabbed grades, certainly more
than my vintage examples. We shall see... Trent King