[xplainer]

Wanted to add my two cents in on the TPG companies.

I tried Beckett many years ago and they screwed me. I knew the cards were better than the grades they got. We are talking 85 McGwire, 82 Ripkens and the like.

I've learned that Beckett is for the shiny, glossy crap produced today, of guys that most likely, will never make the MLB. Bust a box, sleeve it and send it in. You want a 9.5 and a 9.5 / 10 on autos. Then, sell.

Vintage, no way.

Hey, they even produce the "price guide" most modern collectors use. Do you see a problem there?

I did a study on a 1968 Mickey Mantle. I compared the "sold'" listing on ebay between October and now - for the same grade between SGC and PSA.
Although, there were around three times more PSA cards sold, the average sale price was only $12 more in favor of the PSA.

When you consider the submission cost, and the crazy turn-around time PSA has, twelve bucks is not a big deal to me.

I've let my PSA subscription run out, and I'm SGC all the way now.

But, to each his own. But Beckett's "conflict of interest" issues rule me out there. PSA - Modern cards, SGC - Vintage.

Off the soap box. Next?