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Old 06-12-2016, 12:19 PM
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From inception BVG graded sheet cut cards. Think I still see some of the 57 Topps stars floating around in 9.5s from back in the day. I do not have a lot of confidence in their grading knowing that certain east coast card doctors use them when they cannot get the cards past PSA or SGC. I also see inconsistency in grading, as others have mentioned, but I see it with PSA and to a lessor extent SGC as well. When I see a high grade or pricey vintage card in a BVG holder I assume it had already made the rounds at PSA and SGC.
I think there could be more to it than what you say. Maybe some people don't send their altered cards to certain TPGs as they have a hard time finding people to do it for them and they can't submit themselves? I just gave BVG cards to be graded, really nice rookie HOF'ers which I am pretty sure haven't been submitted before. I trust BVG to get it right as well as SGC. My only submission of 2 cards to PSA, one of which, is this mantle below, left me disappointed ...Yeah, this is s 2 on a scale of 10? How can anyone think they are any better than the rest, with things like this and everything else we know, puzzles me a little. They have been more successful in marketing, I will give them that. But as for grading, best case is they are equal in my mind. If the perception of poorer grading keeps BVG cards values down a little that is fine. There are lots of collectors, including myself, who want them.
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