The first time I sent cards in to any company for grading was probably close to 15 years ago. I sent my nicer looking cards to Beckett to be put in BVG slabs. I was very happy with the grade the cards received. This was when they used sub-grades. I sent more cards in that were just as nice but were not centered as well. This order was 8 to 10 cards, mostly Mantles. The centering killed the grades. I busted most of these out of the slabs and sent them in to PSA. Every card I sent to PSA graded higher. The biggest jump was a 1956 Mantle that went from BVG 4.5 to PSA 7. I forgot what all the sub-grades were but do remember that centering was 4. At the time BVG wouldn't give any card a grade more than .5 higher than the lowest sub-grade.
James
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