Will this cross to PSA?

[GasHouseGang]

So did you send it in still in the SGC holder or did you pop it out and submit it raw?

[Republicaninmass]

Nice, that's a home run!

[lowpopper]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

So did you send it in still in the SGC holder or did you pop it out and submit it raw?

I sent it in as a crossover submission in the SGC holder.

....WIN FOR PURPLE

[Empty77]

Originally Posted by lowpopper

I sent it in as a crossover submission in the SGC holder.

....WIN FOR PURPLE

but did you submit it freely or with min grade limit, and if latter what was limit?

[lowpopper]

Originally Posted by empty77

but did you submit it freely or with min grade limit, and if latter what was limit?

min 9

[jchcollins]

Wow, congrats. I would not have guessed that PSA would cross it, especially if you submitted it in the old slab.

[Empty77]

I especially would not have expected it with a min 9 requirement, since I thought the conventional wisdom was that it has to look very much better from the outside than the grade being requested (tough when that is already 9) in order for them to have the confidence to open it up...

I have submitted in a similar scenario and asked min 8.5 just to give that little extra breathing room and had it just come back 'min grade'.

One difference is that my example was a very prominent HOFer---do we think they use a different standard, even if subconsciously (even though I know their written protocol claims everything is treated the same).