BVG reliable for older cards?

[chipperhank44]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Beckett grades modern hand(sheet) cut cards with a # grade all the time. It is a big problem with all the refractor/super refractor cards. So I would not doubt for a second they have graded a ton of vintage trimmed cards as long as they meet their minimum size requirement.

Have had 2 t205s that met size requirements rejected by Beckett just last month for shaved edges.....

[robw1959]

I agree with all the comments posted so far about Beckett. I don't buy them too often, but there are some very conservatively graded BVG vintage cards out there. Once I picked up a BVG graded T206 Red Portrait card of Ty Cobb that was graded "2." It was a VERY nice 2, however, with "very-good" corners and no creases. I took a chance and cracked it out, and submitted it to SGC. It came back SGC 40, a full point upgrade over the BVG grade.

[kevlewis]

BVG cards are perfectly fine! I have been dealing with them for years...

[LKeeler]

I've had good luck on doing cross overs on the two T206 BVG cards that I submitted to PSA. The Cycle 350 BVG 5.5 came back a PSA 5, and the Joss portrait Sov 150 BVG 3 came back a PSA 3. Pretty small sample size but I've been really impressed with Becket's prewar grading standards.

[pokerplyr80]

I recently bought a 51 Bowman Mantle in BVG 4. The card looks nice for a 4, and the price I paid was about 1,000 less than a similar PSA 4 would sell for. I'm happy with the card.

[Jay Wolt]

I have no problem w/ BVG and have crossed cards over to SGC or PSA w/o an issue.
Others are still in their slab which is the sturdiest in the business.

Here's a Deacon White I picked up a couple years before his HOF induction in 2013.
Crossed it over for my SGC N284 Buchner set and it got the same SGC grade (40) as the BVG-3