BVG PSA Crossover Question

[bnorth]

I am not up on grading but doesn't Beckett give the BVG(vintage) cards higher grades than the same exact card graded with regular Beckett. I know they did at first, some BS about the cards being older so they should be graded different.

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by bnorth

I am not up on grading but doesn't Beckett give the BVG(vintage) cards higher grades than the same exact card graded with regular Beckett. I know they did at first, some BS about the cards being older so they should be graded different.

They may have lessened their centering requirements (the modern cards need excellent centering 51/49 or something to get GEM Mint). PSA only requires 55/45 for PSA 10, so that may be it.

It's BCCG that has the out-of-whack grading scale where VG or better is BCCG 6.

[pokerplyr80]

According to psa they do not need to crack the card out to determine the grade. If you send in a bvg 9.5 and tell them you don't want it cracked unless it will grade a 10, they will send it back in the bvg holder if it doesn't meet their criteria.

You may have a better chance of getting the 10 if you crack it out yourself, but of course the risk is greater this way.

[begsu1013]

I have had zero chance of having a bvg 9.5 to cross to a psa 10 submitted in the bvg case.

I have had very moderate luck in cracking out myself and then submitting and getting a 10.

a lot of times there's a reason they are in bvg cases to begin with, ie sheet cut.