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Originally Posted by e107collector

I don't want to take a chance and crack them out and submit them raw. My luck I would damage the cards.

Sub them in the BGS holders as a cross-over sub and declare a minimum accepted grade. They will only crack the BGS slabs if they strongly believe the cards will meet the minimum requirement. There is a chance a raw is returned to you that did not meet the grade you requested, but odds are if it won't cross it will be returned in the slab.

Originally Posted by t206blogcom

Why do you feel BGS would be more valuable over PSA 10?

BGS pristine (BGS 10) cards have shown to carry a premium (especially modern cards) over their PSA 10 and SGC 98 counterparts. Cards that can acquire the new BGS Black label will blow them all out of the water and all bets are off.

For example:
BGS 9.5: http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-Bowman-...item1a00461579

PSA 10: http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-Bowman-...item541fef5b11

BGS 10: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-BGS-10-Pri...item1c5185b11f

BGS 10 Black Label: http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-Bowman-...item1a00a3985b

And

PSA 10: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1989-Score-T...item43dea12c98

BGS Black Label: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1989-Score-R...item5d59738487

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

These distinctions between Mint and Gem Mint are, in my opinion, often quite arbitrary.

This is 100% accurate.