TAG Card Grading Reveal and First Impressions of TAG
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
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In this video, I'm excited to share the results of my first submission to TAG, featuring 1 of my favorite cards and 9 randoms from the collection. Watch as I unveil each card and discuss the grades they received.
What You Can Expect:
Quick Turnaround: Learn about TAG's impressive 23-day turnaround time.
Quality Slabs: See the sleek and professional slabs that TAG provides.
Personal Experience: Hear my thoughts on the overall process and whether I think TAG grading will be a good investment for the future.
I'm mostly happy with my decision to go with TAG, but time will tell if it truly pays off in the long run. Have you used TAG for your card grading? Share your experiences and thoughts in the comments below!
For centering it said your top bottom was 40T 60B on the front as well as 39T 61B on the back for centering. That alone will drop your grade
TAG is A Lot Tougher On Back Centering Than PSA - Will Definitely Affect Grades.
Absolutely. They seem to be stricter with their grading all around, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but definitely something people should consider when deciding where to send their cards.
@@funcle_kevinnot a bad thing at all that’s what you want unbiased assessment
Curious if they do die cuts have a kyler crown Royal auto I’ve been wanting to grade
@@NobodyUR It's my understanding that they don't do die cuts right now but are planning on starting to grade them soon.
@@funcle_kevin yeah I looked into it after posting . Bummer.
When you reviewed the Dings Map section of the report, you never toggled to the back of the card, you only stayed on the front. I'm curious if the issue was on the back of the card.
#TheHobbyist
Good point. If you're talking about the Kelce card, the back shows top/bottom centering to be slightly less that 40/60, but the section labeled "DEFECTS IDENTIFIED OF NOTABLE GRADE SIGNIFICANCE" only shows the front centering as being the issue. I don't know if this means they don't grade the backside as strictly as the front, or if there is something else I might have overlooked. I have another order coming from TAG tomorrow so I'm thinking about doing another video with more focus on the reports now that I'm a little more familiar with them. I honestly didn't think I'd be so overwhelmed with the amount of information the first time I looked at it!
I think TAG dropped the ball on that Kelce card. I don't know how you look at that back bottom corner and think "yeah, that's a 999" when it's clearly damaged in the picture. I don't think the card received a 9 because of back centering. Their grading standards say a Gem Mint card can have 70/30 centering on the back for sports cards. So you're in the clear there.
IMHO, the card got a 9 because of that corner. It's just their grading report doesn't accurately reflect that numerically.
That's a good point. I showed my friend, and he was also confused about the score, but we hadn't considered the report itself might be the real issue.
@@funcle_kevin I mean it's just a guess on my part obviously. I'm not that familiar with TAG. I've used PSA, SGC, and CSG (or whatever they're calling themselves this week). The few TAG digg reports I've looked at made sense as far as why the grade is the grade. That's the only one I'm stumped by.
@@JChamberlin I think it's a pretty good guess and at least satisfies my curiosity for now. I might send in another batch that I look over more closely, using this batch as sort of a baseline. Hopefully there will be consistency.
It got the 9 because the top to bottom centering on the front was 40/60 and anything less than 45/55 drop out of the 10 category.
Disagree about TAG's resell value. You say NEVER. I think right now, not alot of people know TAG and lots of folks use PSA and SGC. Personally, my PSA slabs look amateurish next to the Tag slabs.
Over the long haul, TAG's presentation and transparency in their grading will win over PSA's subjective opinion.
I just ran a head-to-head comparison between TAG and SGC. The SGC card sold for 2.5 times more than the exact same TAG card. The TAG card got more views. People know about it, they are just not interested in buying.
@@funcle_kevin I would buy TAG all day at a 2.5 time discount.
Most collectors know about tag it’s all over hobby message boards. There is a video of a guy resending in a card and it also gets different grades so it’s not dialed in yet. My guess is they will sell off to one of the big companies anyways.
@@joemofo5689 I haven't seen that video, but am interested. I've seen 2 where people send back their cards and not only get the exact same grade from TAG, but also get the exact same cert number.
further proof that even tho people think TAG is giving them a flawless report card, in the long run, it is probably just trumped up data that isn't properly applied when it comes to a final grade...as you say, how can a card get a 9 with all of those high subgrades? 999 for a rough corner?
It would be nice to have them explain why it's like this. Having the numbers is nice but still leaves collectors guessing as to what they are looking for and what causes which grades.
The back centering dropped it down 1 full point I think.
Back centering.