Bvg thoughts???

[CMIZ5290]

Originally Posted by 661fish

I don't care about resale. PSA had gone downhill imo.

You just lost me there...

[Dewey]

Originally Posted by CMIZ5290

You just lost me there...

Which part? I feel the same about the first part. Don't know enough about the second part.

[661fish]

In your guys opinion, does Beckett do a good job with vintage? That's what I was trying to get at?

[samosa4u]

Beckett does do a good job grading vintage cards, but the problem is that they have a small market share. They are popular when it comes to modern cards though. Their holder is pretty secure and you need a sledgehammer to break it.

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

Beckett does do a good job grading vintage cards, but the problem is that they have a small market share. They are popular when it comes to modern cards though. Their holder is pretty secure and you need a sledgehammer to break it.

You think they are small, you should look at GAI.....talk about the collapse of a good thing.

[MikeGarcia]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

Beckett does do a good job grading vintage cards, but the problem is that they have a small market share. They are popular when it comes to modern cards though. Their holder is pretty secure and you need a sledgehammer to break it.

...yeah but sometimes you have to hold their hand and then re-submit providing more information which one would think they would already have somewhere in their specs library.....if you famously provide large holders and have the word "vintage" in your name , people expect you to identify large vintage sportscards...this incident was years ago , so I presume by now they are more proficient with Dizzy Dean Metropolitan Studios Premiums that were drawn on by some kid back in 1931 ;( really good job too )

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[661fish]

Basically dies Beckett do a good job with vintage?

[herbc]

I've never had a problem with BVG. Have used all of them with similar results. If you're fed up with PSA, why not try something different.

[Leon]

I think BVG does a great job with vintage.

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[CMIZ5290]

Originally Posted by Leon

I think BVG does a great job with vintage.

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Agreed, and their holders and service are outstanding...

[swarmee]

Depends on what you're fed up with PSA about. Just inconsistency in grading? Why do you want the cards slabbed instead of just raw? Are you willing to pay $13 a card and wait for more months than PSA to get them into an inferior (market price) grader's slab?
Why not have BCCG grade them for a few bucks a card to "confirm" they're not trimmed? Why not just leave them raw?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by swarmee

Depends on what you're fed up with PSA about. Just inconsistency in grading? Why do you want the cards slabbed instead of just raw? Are you willing to pay $13 a card and wait for more months than PSA to get them into an inferior (market price) grader's slab?
Why not have BCCG grade them for a few bucks a card to "confirm" they're not trimmed? Why not just leave them raw?

As much as I do like the BVG grading I don't care for the BCCG product as it is too confusing. They actually do a decent job too, for what they do. But to have another grading scale is and always will be a problem, imo. That said I think they do very well with it at the mass merchants, so as a company, it is probably a good move. I don't think they market their vintage grading very well and that is one reason their cards don't bring the money. They have a stigma from an old policy concerning some sheet cut cards. Not sure about that situation today. All in my most humble opinion, others will differ. (To be transparent they have advertised here before.)