Online Baseball Card grader

[T206Collector]

More useless than possible. One of the benefits of TPG is the ability to tell what is wrong with a card that you simply can't see from a scan, which can also be photoshopped.

If you're buying a digital image, then sure. Otherwise, not at all helpful.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Agreed. Scans do not always pick up tiny specks of paper loss or surface wrinkles. Nor does it have the ability to look at the paper stock for counterfeit cards.

[rdwyer]

Thanks for the info. They're doing everything else on the web, just thought it might be possible today.

[GehrigFan]

As the former head of BVG/BGS, this is something we thought about. I actually think this is possible for a large number of cards, albeit with 90% accuracy or so. Counterfeits should be easily picked out by the pixilation differences, but subtle surface flaws could very easily be difficult to pick up in some instances. Now, I don't think it could ever replace "hard" grading, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone eventually offers it as a way of pre-scanning cards. i.e., I see it as more of a service to sort out cards that are or are not candidates for hard grading.

Originally Posted by rdwyer

Thanks for the info. They're doing everything else on the web, just thought it might be possible today.