Thanks again for all the great insights. So here's what I ended up doing. I decided to take the risk of cracking out of the BVG and submitted it to SGC with no minimum grade. As you can see from the before and after pics attached, SGC graded it a 4. Of course, wish higher but the 4 is pretty much where many of you had pegged it as the consensus was that the BVG 5.5 was overly generous. I would have been ecstatic had it come back a 5. To me, it just shows better in the SGC holder. I'd also rather have someone say "nice 4" than as with the BVG, look at it and wonder "how did it ever get a 5.5?" Not worried about resale here as it will be part of my collection and I'll be happier showing it now than I was before. I guess a good ending and just wanted to share the outcome with all of you. Any thoughts?
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