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Anyone had any experience with SCD Grading?

DoublestrikerDoublestriker Posts: 547 ✭✭
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Anyone had any experience with (SCD) Sports Collectors Digest Grading? Just curious as to how legit they are. Thanks!

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  • churchiscoolchurchiscool Posts: 534 ✭✭
    this is for prewar only but probably apply across the spectrum: old flip very good, they were very strict and about .5-1 grade tougher than psa/sgc in the old days. new flip bad stay away totally different people/management.
  • DoublestrikerDoublestriker Posts: 547 ✭✭
    Thanks! How do you tell the difference in the flips?
  • MauriceMaurice Posts: 1,136
    Red flips are good. Blue flips are trash.
  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    Red Flip:

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    Blue Flip: Out of business.

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  • MauriceMaurice Posts: 1,136


    << <i>Blue Flip: Out of business. >>


    It's now called ISA grading.
  • DoublestrikerDoublestriker Posts: 547 ✭✭
    Thanks! p.m. sent with link. Maurice you dont have pms turned on I wanted your opinion?
  • addicted2ebayaddicted2ebay Posts: 2,096 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Blue Flip: Out of business. >>


    It's now called ISA grading. >>



    Is Probstein123 ISA grading? I only see these ISA graded cards being sold by them.
  • handymanhandyman Posts: 5,384 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes ISA seems to be the New Pro Grading and yes Probst seems to sell a lot of them in his store or via auction.
  • cardbendercardbender Posts: 1,831 ✭✭
    For what it's worth I don't trust the old flip of SCD grading either.

    I bought five Football cards from the 1958 Topps set from an ebay seller
    about 10 years ago to see for myself how SCD graded. Every card had at least
    one trimmed edge, some had two trimmed edges. I kept the cards as I wasn't
    going to dump them on another hobbyist to get burned. I still have them
    if anyone wants to see scans of them, just let me know.

    So I really don't trust either the early red label SCD version of their grading,
    or the later blue label version of their grading.

    Of course these were online buys only. If I could see the SCG graded cards in person,
    I would know which ones were funny and which may be legit.
  • NickMNickM Posts: 4,895 ✭✭✭
    I agree with Maurice.

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  • 1980scollector1980scollector Posts: 2,036 ✭✭✭
    ISA is owned by Jason Koonce. Don't think that company has anything to do with SCD.


    I think he created that grading company from scratch.


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  • msassinmsassin Posts: 1,564 ✭✭✭
    I am not afraid to buy 'red flip' SCD.....won't touch the other flips.
  • DoublestrikerDoublestriker Posts: 547 ✭✭
    Hey P.M. sent to msassin and cardbender
  • MauriceMaurice Posts: 1,136


    << <i>ISA is owned by Jason Koonce. Don't think that company has anything to do with SCD.


    I think he created that grading company from scratch. >>



    Who do you think purchased all of the equipment from Sports Collectors Digest Authentic Grading & Authentication Services (SCD red label) when they went out of business and then intentionally created confusion in the marketplace with a new completely unrelated company called Sports Cards Direct Authentic Grading & Authentication Services (SCD blue label)?
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