Crossover Experience - Old SGC to PSA

[JElwell1956]

I had a few questions about crossover grades and everyone’s experience. I’ve got a handful of Delongs that were graded by SGC in the early 2000s and I’m thinking about getting them crossed over.
Before anyone jumps to the “what a waste of bleeping money” argument, I know. I just like the registry so
My concern is that I send 12 cards, put minimum grades, PSA says no to half of them and then I’ve got half and half so I’m even less happy.
Has anyone had good experience getting say a 5.5 crossed over? The cards look beautiful to me but I’ve only seen them in holders. I’m also concerned they are not perfectly rectangular, SGC says that’s allowed to certain grades, but I’m worried PSA would say Authentic if I didn’t put a minimum grade.
Anyway that’s all, interested in anyone’s experience.
Some pics below.






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[Carter08]

Originally Posted by JElwell1956

I had a few questions about crossover grades and everyone’s experience. I’ve got a handful of Delongs that were graded by SGC in the early 2000s and I’m thinking about getting them crossed over.
Before anyone jumps to the “what a waste of bleeping money” argument, I know. I just like the registry so
My concern is that I send 12 cards, put minimum grades, PSA says no to half of them and then I’ve got half and half so I’m even less happy.
Has anyone had good experience getting say a 5.5 crossed over? The cards look beautiful to me but I’ve only seen them in holders. I’m also concerned they are not perfectly rectangular, SGC says that’s allowed to certain grades, but I’m worried PSA would say Authentic if I didn’t put a minimum grade.
Anyway that’s all, interested in anyone’s experience.
Some pics below.






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The cards look beautiful. My non-scientific thought is that psa grading seems to be insane at this point. An older grade psa or sgc 5.5 can get a current psa 2. Not always the case obviously.

[Snowman]

I crack out and cross a lot of cards in both directions, PSA to SGC and SGC to PSA. If you have old cert SGC cards from the early 2000s and you're hoping to cross them over to PSA today at the same grade (and even moreso for half-grade cards), you're going to be very disappointed. If you submitted 20 old cert SGC to PSA you'd be lucky to cross even one of them now. With recently graded SGC, you'd have better luck so long as corners aren't the reason for the grade.

[Directly]

I could ask TPG --can one submit a encapsulated graded card without cracking the card out--in other words let them remove the card not me?

[toledo_mudhen]

Originally Posted by Directly

I could ask TPG --can one submit a encapsulated graded card without cracking the card out--in other words let them remove the card not me?

Yes - I believe that they will (PSA at least)

[Svabinsky78]

Silly questions. I have never submitted a slabbed card for a crossover, which is why I am asking.

The company will not crack the slab if they don't think the card will meet your minimum grade, correct? If that is the case, how do they evaluate the surface with the card in the slab?

Second question, if you are submitting simply to upgrade a slab - i.e. old PSA slab to new PSA slab - will they honor the old grade, even if they woul hammer the card by today's standard if submitting as raw?

[brunswickreeves]

Originally Posted by Snowman

I crack out and cross a lot of cards in both directions, PSA to SGC and SGC to PSA. If you have old cert SGC cards from the early 2000s and you're hoping to cross them over to PSA today at the same grade (and even moreso for half-grade cards), you're going to be very disappointed. If you submitted 20 old cert SGC to PSA you'd be lucky to cross even one of them now. With recently graded SGC, you'd have better luck so long as corners aren't the reason for the grade.

You should write a blog like Tanner’s Tan Man Baseball Fan, but call it: Upgrade-How I help baseball cards earn extra bases

[Vintagedeputy]

I’ve actually just started building this set in SGC slabs, so I’m interested to see the final results.

[parkplace33]

Like snowman says, you will be disappointed.