Submitting a high profile card to PSA

[MikeGarcia]

Originally Posted by orly57

I guess I’m the only one that gets suspicious when I see a high end card in a BVG holder.

..I am extremely selective to the point of paranoia before submitting cards to any 3rd party grader , and was doubly so back in the day when I submitted to Beckett ; cards which I thought would be absolute locks for the top shelf highly- prized "NM 7" , if not (gasp) a half grade higher , would invariably be returned as 6's and 6.5's......they are very conservative at grading vintage cardboard ; I don't use them as much anymore. I've had untouched one-owner very-well-preserved like-new pack-fresh yada yada etc. cards returned ungraded with notes of "shaved" "pressed" and the like--- Beckett was tough.

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[JustinD]

Originally Posted by MikeGarcia

[IMG].I am extremely selective to the point of paranoia before submitting cards to any 3rd party grader , and was doubly so back in the day when I submitted to Beckett ; cards which I thought would be absolute locks for the top shelf highly- prized "NM 7" , if not (gasp) a half grade higher , would invariably be returned as 6's and 6.5's......they are very conservative at grading vintage cardboard ; I don't use them as much anymore. I've had untouched one-owner very-well-preserved like-new pack-fresh yada yada etc. cards returned ungraded with notes of "shaved" "pressed" and the like--- Beckett was tough.

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Please don't mess with the assumptions, lol.

I am one who loves paying less for a better product and love those rumors based on sheet cuts not trims. Let the PSA folks pay the PWCC price for a lesser card.

[Orioles1954]

Never had a problem once with a trimmed BVG card. I've reviewed thousands of them and not one raised a suspicion.

[Rhotchkiss]

Would you rather have a t206 PSA 8(oc) or a BVG 6??

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by MikeGarcia

I've had untouched one-owner very-well-preserved like-new pack-fresh yada yada etc. cards returned ungraded with notes of "shaved" "pressed" and the like--- Beckett was tough.

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Tough? More like paranoid. I had a similar experience with BVG at the AC National a few years ago. I brought them a raw card that I'd gotten from a friend who'd had it for decades and got it from the original owner. BVG said it was soaked, pressed and laser cut, which I thought was insane. I mean, I appreciate a cautious approach but I've been handling these cards for decades and I know what a factory cut looks like. SGC looked it over and said nope, it's fine, and graded it.