Beckett to SCG

[tiger8mush]

can you share scans of a handful or so in their current BVG slabs?

[refz]

If it does not come back even, I suspect a half grade or one full grade lower. I do not use Beckett to grade. I’m curious to know.

[quitcrab]

I will try to get pictures of the cards up soon. Thanks. Scott

[Kutcher55]

It really boils down to the particular card. In general, I agree BVG will generally be 1 grade easier than SGC but it is far from linear. There's a good guy I did a deal with on the bst board who successfully crossed a 48 Leaf Ted Williams BVG 2 to an SGC 2. I wasn't surprised because it looked like a legit 2 in any holder. Generally speaking, I suspect it's easier to cross lower grade cards successfully. As you get into the upper echelons, where the gap might be highest is in that 6-8 range. A BVG in this ballpark is probably going to be tougher to cross.

But as I started to say in the beginning, it mostly depends on the specific card.

[jchcollins]

My guess is that modern BVG would average 1-2 grades lower than SGC, but it could depend. Some older BVG slabs weren't all bad. In about 2000 - 2002 when Beckett briefly did subgrades with vintage - those grades were very accurate, IMO.

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Cards

[tiger8mush]

My guesses (based on that one pic):
Bench - 7.5
Ryan - 7
Clemente - 6.5

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

My guess is that modern BVG would average 1-2 grades lower than SGC, but it could depend. Some older BVG slabs weren't all bad. In about 2000 - 2002 when Beckett briefly did subgrades with vintage - those grades were very accurate, IMO.

Agree with John about older BVG slabs.

[quitcrab]

Got the cards back from SGC
Ryan 6.5
Bench 7.5
Clemente 7