Total Population (graded) of this Card / Sticker :

(at the time of publishing this offer)

SGC totally pop 40 – (graded 9 or higher: 13)

PSA totally pop 501 – (graded 9 or higher: 293)

Background Info about Graded Cards:

We are using SGC and PSA as our trusted grading companies. To our mind these two are globally the two best and leading grading companies in the hobby. This is also important for maintaining and increasing the value of the items in the long run. When it comes to football/soccer cards we even see SGC getting closer and closer to PSAPSA . You can argue that but our experience with both PSA and SGC is on the same professional level.

Many collectors and investors of soccer cards and stickers prefer SGC because of the nice(r) design of the slabs and the very tough and harsh grading. If you compare pop reports and spread of grades for the same cards you will usually see a significantly higher percentage of cards graded 10 by PSA (or Beckett) than graded 10 by SGC . Of course we have not seen the specific submitted cards and all the details of the grading process behind, but one might at least get the impression that SGC grades in many cases are tougher and more harsh and rigorous than other companies grades. Just our thoughts and observations...

We do also not agree with each grade of SGC (and PSAstickers , but at the end we still have a good feeling that the grading is very accurate. In general stickers on average are graded much lower than cards, especially the high level premium cards in the market. This holds particularly true for stickers of the pre-modern and vintage era. Please bear that in mind when you evaluate the offered products.

As you might know SGC and PSACard . We always add this information to the product offer in our shop, so you can easily check each graded Card / Sticker on their websites.

A few additional information about “Graded Cards”:

We use both PSA and SGC as our trusted grading providers. In our opinion, these two are currently and long-term the world's leading and best grading companies for cards and Sticker . This is also important for the long-term preservation of the value of the cards and Sticker . Especially when it comes to football cards and stickers, SGC is increasingly moving closer to PSAPSA . But everyone certainly has their own experiences and such assessments can always be discussed.

Many collectors and investors prefer SGC because of the design and quality of the slabs, but also because of the very strict and sometimes (too) hard grading. The former is a matter of taste, the latter cannot be dismissed out of hand. If you compare the Pop Reports for individual cards and the distribution of the respective ratings, you have to realize that, in percentage terms, a significantly higher number of the same cards/ Sticker were rated a 10 at PSASGC were rated a 10. Of course, we don't know the specific cards submitted and the actual grading process always remains a little secret. Nevertheless, the numbers suggest that in many cases SGC grades significantly more strictly and rigorously than other grading companies.

We also sometimes disagree with the grades received from SGC (and PSASticker to get. In general, Sticker are rated significantly worse on average than cards, especially the premium cards from the well-known hobby series. This applies even more to older Sticker from the pre-modern or vintage era. You should take this into account when assessing the cards and Sticker .

Both companies now offer an authentication service for graded cards on their respective websites, based on the authentication code of each individual graded card. We publish this code in every offer we make so that you can directly check the originality of the items.