PSA vs. SGC

jchcollins · #5 02-24-2020, 09:50 AM

Nobody would be happier than me to see PSA take a topple off their mountain at some point, but I�ve always kind of had the feeling like it�s the corporate culture vs. the college kids and the potheads. SGC is great at what they do, I love their product. At least in terms of consistency of grading, they have held that line for several decades now where IMO PSA has not. I would have to be worked / convinced in new way to believe that most SGC 88�s are in some substantial way worse than most PSA 8�s, but I would agree that is the perception and how the pricing currently works. With mid- and lower grade vintage, I will agree that PSA is tougher, but they are also weirder / more random. Some cards can be beat to hell and get a PSA 2. Other cards can look like a 7 but have a microscopic wrinkle - and get a PSA 2. Everyone makes mistakes, but on the whole I feel that SGC doesn�t make this one as often as PSA does.

Honestly, if the last year or so of the PWCC mess is not going to burst the PSA bubble, then I�m not sure anything ever will. Many people have cited the registry, and it�s true that SGC�s attempts at this have always been pretty lame. Collect what you like, I guess. I like SGC slabs and their customer service and always have. If I ever find myself in a position needing to flip really high-end raw vintage cards where I needed to make substantial profit - then yes, I suppose based on the way things are today - I would consider PSA.

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