BGS holders

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by theupps

If I may piggyback on this thread, does anyone know what the reasoning is behind BGS and some PSA tobacco cards being put in a penny sleeve, and then sonically sealed? I have some PSA T206s that are in the penny sleeve and some not. I was just curious as I don't really care for the look with the sleeve myself.

Thank you and sorry if posting this question here is not good form.

No worries here. That's actually a good question. I don't know the answer...

[swarmee]

BGS does it with every card, so at least they're consistent.

PSA does it when the card doesn't fit the holder perfectly and they either need to hold it in place. Sometimes they do it when the card is fragile and might get more damaged in the holder. You can make the request on a submission (or a reslabbing) that they not use "mylar sleeves" but it is up to the person who is actually putting your cards in the holder.

[theupps]

Originally Posted by swarmee

BGS does it with every card, so at least they're consistent.

PSA does it when the card doesn't fit the holder perfectly and they either need to hold it in place. Sometimes they do it when the card is fragile and might get more damaged in the holder. You can make the request on a submission (or a reslabbing) that they not use "mylar sleeves" but it is up to the person who is actually putting your cards in the holder.

Thank you John! That makes sense.