Posted By:
Fred C
"...Beckett may get more comfortable about grading prewar vintage cards and have a strong collector base. They may have some problems with grading vintage, but that can be improved..."
I figure all they need to do is get a few experienced people in place to verify authenticity, after that they can let the monkeys loose on the cards, like they do at PSA.
I'd venture to guess that the price realized for the Wagner will be on par with a PSA graded Wagner because REA is selling it. The winner of the auction can resubmit to PSA if they want to. I'd venture to guess that if the grade was too liberal that REA wouldn't endorse the sale, also making the grade to liberal or too strict wouldn't be in the best interest of BVG.