Beckett (BVG) Holder Questions

[Exhibitman]

Oh, I agree that you will leave money on the table with BVG vs. PSA or SGC in the issues where those TPGs are entrenched, but that's not really what we were kicking around. I am thinking of BVG for items I do not want to sell because the slab itself is so much better constructed and the cards are individually mylar bagged inside. The cards I've amassed of my cousin, for example, aren't going to be sold out of our family, so for their long term enjoyment the BVG slab would seem to be the right choice.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Oh, I agree that you will leave money on the table with BVG vs. PSA or SGC in the issues where those TPGs are entrenched, but that's not really what we were kicking around. I am thinking of BVG for items I do not want to sell because the slab itself is so much better constructed and the cards are individually mylar bagged inside. The cards I've amassed of my cousin, for example, aren't going to be sold out of our family, so for their long term enjoyment the BVG slab would seem to be the right choice.

I hear ya, Adam. I realize if I were actively buying and then selling cards often, I would lose money going the BVG route as opposed to PSA or SGC. However, I can live with getting less for a card in a BVG slab if I absolutely had to sell one. This doesn't happen to me much. I just tend to buy cards and keep them. Chances are any BVG card I did sell would be one that resided in the BVG holder to begin with (because I am not likely to submit cards for grading ). So, I would be ok with getting less than I might for an approximately equal PSA card because I gave less for it because it is in the BVG holder.

[Pilot172000]

Old thread, but it struck a chord with what I am about to do. I have moved a lot of my PSA cards and SGC cards. A lot of what I am left with are raw cards that I truly love and plan to send to my kids when the time is right so I'm gonna send about 15 raw cards to Beckett. I had only had one BVG and it was a frickin Tank. A few quick questions though.

1. How are the grading standards compared to SGC and PSA?
2. I have a few PSA cards with MK qualifiers, how bad are they with those?
3. Is their registry getting better?
4. How is their service?
5. Anything I should absolutely NOT send them?

[TheNightmanCometh]

For a second I thought, well I'll just collect all the cards I want in BVG slabs, I'm not going to resell them anyways, and I'd rather have them as secured as possible and less likely to be fakes, but then I realized that nobody goes to BVG so how am I gonna get all the cards I want?

[Pilot172000]

Does BVG crossover?

[swarmee]

Grading standards are similar; they're a little more forgiving on cards that would get qualifiers from PSA, I believe. I have never seen anyone talk about getting their cards on the Beckett registry. So I don't know how good it is. I know a lot of people use the pop reports there for modern (Bowman Chrome/Draft).

Send them what you want. They will definitely have a crossover option and not crack it if they don't think it will cross to whatever min grade you set. One of their best grading options is when you send in bulk orders, I think for $2/card, you can set a min grade (like 9 or 9.5) and they will only slab those cards that make the grade at the full price for a grading ($10-12 or whatever). The ones that don't make the grade will come back raw, but only be charged $2/card for the inspection.

[Pilot172000]

Originally Posted by swarmee

Grading standards are similar; they're a little more forgiving on cards that would get qualifiers from PSA, I believe. I have never seen anyone talk about getting their cards on the Beckett registry. So I don't know how good it is. I know a lot of people use the pop reports there for modern (Bowman Chrome/Draft).

Send them what you want. They will definitely have a crossover option and not crack it if they don't think it will cross to whatever min grade you set. One of their best grading options is when you send in bulk orders, I think for $2/card, you can set a min grade (like 9 or 9.5) and they will only slab those cards that make the grade at the full price for a grading ($10-12 or whatever). The ones that don't make the grade will come back raw, but only be charged $2/card for the inspection.

Genius!!