Crossover Experience - Old SGC to PSA

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by Svabinsky78

Silly questions. I have never submitted a slabbed card for a crossover, which is why I am asking.

The company will not crack the slab if they don't think the card will meet your minimum grade, correct? If that is the case, how do they evaluate the surface with the card in the slab?

Correct. They will not crack it unless they are going to cross it over. As for the surface, they just do the best they can. If the slab is all scuffed up, they likely won't cross it because they can't tell what the surface is like. If you plan to cross a card over in its slab, you should buff out the scratches before hand with some car polish or headlight polish so they can see it better.

Originally Posted by Svabinsky78

Second question, if you are submitting simply to upgrade a slab - i.e. old PSA slab to new PSA slab - will they honor the old grade, even if they woul hammer the card by today's standard if submitting as raw?

It's called a 'reholder', and yes, they will honor the grade as long as the slab is not cracked or damaged. If the slab shows any damage though, they will treat the card inside as a raw card and will ignore the previous grade.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Snowman

It's called a 'reholder', and yes, they will honor the grade as long as the slab is not cracked or damaged. If the slab shows any damage though, they will treat the card inside as a raw card and will ignore the previous grade.

This must be a newer policy. I've submitted a handful of cracked or broken PSA slabs in the past (probably around 2018/2019), and they've always come back from PSA at the same grade.

So either I got lucky, or this is a new policy. Or maybe it's a policy that they don't always apply, because erratic application of policies seems to be one of the most endearing features when it comes to the TPGs.

[Yoda]

Whatever happened to that old hobby saying, "buy the card not the holder?" If you are reasonably happy with what you have, keep them and avoid all the angst and expense of a crossover.

[JElwell1956]

Originally Posted by Yoda

Whatever happened to that old hobby saying, "buy the card not the holder?" If you are reasonably happy with what you have, keep them and avoid all the angst and expense of a crossover.

I totally agree, but as I said in the original post I am interested in the registry, so the original holders don't help me much. I obviously bought the cards and not the holders in this case lol

[Fuddjcal]

Originally Posted by JElwell1956

I totally agree, but as I said in the original post I am interested in the registry, so the original holders don't help me much. I obviously bought the cards and not the holders in this case lol

and then too "Anal Eddie" to enjoy them?

Some nice cards there. Can you find me a Gehrig... in any holder?

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by raulus

This must be a newer policy. I've submitted a handful of cracked or broken PSA slabs in the past (probably around 2018/2019), and they've always come back from PSA at the same grade.

So either I got lucky, or this is a new policy. Or maybe it's a policy that they don't always apply, because erratic application of policies seems to be one of the most endearing features when it comes to the TPGs.

The odds are that they will come back in the same grade if the slabs are cracked because the card probably didn't get damaged. So whatever grade you get is a reflection of how consistent they are. But they do treat damaged slabs as raw cards and have for as long as I can remember.

[ullmandds]

You must crack them and send them raw to psa. this is your only chance of a somewhat impartial result. i personally like sgc and believe they have been aeons more consistent in their grading over the years than PleaseSubmitAgain.

While Psa is being ridiculously harsh these days...I think you may be surprised at the results...maybe in a good way.

beautiful cards btw!