Submitting a Beckett to PSA

[TheNightmanCometh]

I bought a card that was graded by Beckett and was considering sending it to PSA. How does that work? Should I crack the card from the Beckett case? If I don’t, Will PSA look at it differently? Will they just grade it equal to how Beckett did?

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

When in doubt, crack it out.

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[swarmee]

You could crack it out and submit raw, but you should consider a crossover submission first.

A crossover submission is one where you send it in the Beckett holder and tell PSA what the minimum grade you'll allow them to put it in their holder at. If it gets that number or higher (and supposedly the graders do not know your min grade until they've given it their own), they crack the card out and put it in the PSA holder with its new grade.

If it doesn't meet the grade (either by detection of alteration/sheet cut or just not achieving the same grade), they return it in the BGS holder.

You should also read the other threads on this board about PSA and BGS.

[pokerplyr80]

I would not expect many Beckett graded cards to cross over at the same grade.

[TheNightmanCometh]

Originally Posted by vintagebaseballcardguy

When in doubt, crack it out.

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Haha, bonus points for the rhyme. Is there a reason why having a doubt means you should crack it out? Is there precedence of PSA not respecting graded cards from other companies?

[swarmee]

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=269287

You could have found this thread just by scrolling down the first page...

[swarmee]

Here are some other threads:
https://www.blowoutforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=122

If PSA thinks something is sheet cut (not factory cut) or minsize, those are some of the most common reasons for cards not to cross. However, PSA seems to suck at actually detecting them on raw cards.

[TheNightmanCometh]

Thank you for all of the information, I greatly appreciate it.