M101-1 at PSA?!

[puckpaul]

As an avid collector of the National Copper Plate and M101-1 series, been waiting for PSA to find a holder to grade them. Heritage has this Dahlen PSA graded as altered, I assume because it was trimmed enough to be holdered by them? so I have to cut them down to get PSA on them? Should I trim the Wagner rookie so I can get it “officially” graded? ;-)

[Rhotchkiss]

Paul, let me know what you find out. I too have a Wagner, and I would like to get out of the BVG flip

[bcbgcbrcb]

PSA has never had a holder large enough for those, maybe things have changed very recently. Pop report should show if any have received numerical grades as full-size pieces. I definitely would NOT trim your Wagner to get it into a PSA holder, not sure if you were joking about that or not. I suspect that the owner of the Dahlen got it that way and did not trim it to fit inside a PSA holder.

[swarmee]

Max interior size of 8.5” x 11” per this article:
https://www.psacard.com/articles/art...otos-documents

Still accurate according to this:
https://www.psacard.com/info/cardspsagrades

[doug.goodman]

All the opinions sold on the Baseball Magazine m114 posters are for numbers, and are trimmed.

[Leon]

So the solution to getting them slabbed is trimming them.

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[bcbgcbrcb]

Beckett was doing these back around 2010 when Mark Anderson and Andy Broome headed up the grading team over there. None of the other grading companies of the day had holders large enough to fit them. I could be wrong but believe that I was the first to submit M101-1’s and M101-2’s for encapsulation. Many made a mockery of the BGS holders at the time, not happening any more now, huh?

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Many made a mockery of the BGS holders at the time, not happening any more now, huh?

Amen.

[Yoda]

BVG is openly and stupidly admitting the previous managers, Andy and Co., had the vision and expertise to create a special holder, accept and grade this unique set but the present management really can't replicate that because they don't have the expertise to even know if they are legitimate cards; yet they have the largest data base available.
I am so disappointed in the behavior and hubris of TPG'ers these days; it almost seems anti-customer. I don't whether it will be 'live by the sword, die by the sword' or there be a consumer revolt, but I feel something has to change.

[puckpaul]

This is pathetic by BGS. They have an opportunity here as PSA is confusing the market on SGC. But this makes them look amateur. I was going to get my Wagner and Delehanty graded during the national but the line was too long always. Glad I didnt waste my money and time. But i still would like them graded. Maybe CGS can pick up the slack.