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Permalink Reply by Corey Moylan on April 15, 2016 at 10:46am

Don't know too much about SGC but the auto looks good to me.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on April 15, 2016 at 11:02am

very nice card and signature.   I do have SGC authenticated cards, such as this, and frankly, I trust them more that any other authenticator at this point.  They really try to do it right, as opposed to just raking in the bucks.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on April 15, 2016 at 11:22am

SGC is very solid in my opinion. They are going to get Mantle right 99%+ I have sent a number of cards to them for encapsulation and their slabs look great. 

In full disclosure, I am the space autograph consultant for SGC.

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Jones on April 15, 2016 at 11:32am

Thanks everyone. I will keep my eye for more SGC items! Seems like their cards sell for a slight discount to PSA/DNA. Win win

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Permalink Reply by Dane on April 15, 2016 at 12:02pm

If I recall, SGC's autograph authentication is now run by one of the original PSA board. In the past, JSA did the authenticating for SGC, so be sure to check the label on whether it's a current SGC or prior JSA, if that matters to you.

Personally, I really trust the new SGC team. Hopefully time will raise prices, but it's hard to fight the marketing machine that is Collector's Universe.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on April 15, 2016 at 2:02pm

Mike Root and Larry Studebaker are the in-house SGC authenticators. They were both at JSA previously.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Poulos on April 15, 2016 at 1:13pm

SGC is way better than JSA In my opinion. I wouldn't put them above PSA because they are weak on celebrity stuff. In sports they are equal or better than PSA and JSA

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