which company grades harder?

jbugs

put these 3 in order, if tie say it. According to beckett their cards are worth twice as much a psa, and 5-6 as much as sgc and others.

psa
bgs
sgc

i think all 3 of those are pretty good companies, and i think beckett is just trying to bring in more business and ruin the hobby more than it already has.

SkiVermont3

BGS
PSA
SGC

Vincecarder

Is the question, who grades harder or which slab will get you more money.

Also, Where does Beckett say their cards are worth more? Basically look at what prices they get at auction and you can see what company get's more etc.


For new stuff I"d say Becket 1st, PSA 2nd, SGC 3rd

For Vintage I'd say they are all equal in grading difficulty with their faults. PSA was the original so they have graded the most so they are always considered top dog. Beckett has the problem with grading cards that are cut off sheets. SGC is pretty difficult but go easier on centering.

The main thing for people is which company gets you more money when you try and resell.

Currently it's BGS on top for modern but PSA rules vintage. There have been some exceptions with old BGS/BVG but I think BVG will lose alot of popularity because of certain grading pratices (sheet cut etc)

Chillinbij

who grades harder:

BGS
PSA
SGC

which one is better to sell;

PSA
BGS
SGC

my pick: PSA

SkiVermont3

actually, a BGS 9 sells alot higher than a PSA 9 which sells alot higher than an SGC 96....all are the same grade of mint, from 3 different companies.

jbugs

its in BFCM #150 in readers write. The guy wanted to know what his topps traded emmitt smith rookie was worth graded by MINT GRADING SERVICES. Beckett answered saying

"The card has a book value of $125-$250 for a BGS Gem Mint graded copy, $60-$120 for PSA Gem Mint and $15-$40 for the Gem Mint "Other" category"

Vincecarder

It's all preference. If your going to build a set, I'd say do it with PSA 100% because of the registry etc. But if your going to sell it as a single, you probably would get more money with BGS. If BVG can correct some of it's grading practices, I think they can get a good piece of the vintage market that PSA owns. SGC is good but will never get the respect of the other two. Guess only their SGC 100 Pristines get the big bucks.

Vincecarder

Yea that's accurate on that card. Doesn't mean it applies to every card. That's probably from current auction totals which is what the smart collector would look up before investing money on a card.

memphis

Its all personal taste, Beckett breaks down their grades into the .5 % and also into cat. like surface, edges and centering to let you know where your card is weak. they also have a little friendlier slab although its a little thick. PSA seams to grade just as hard but they dont break it down for you but they do offer the reg. SGC has some good prices and bulk deals. they are all good.

akafocus

I have it this way for grading standards...

1. SGC
   
2. BGS
   
3. PSA
   

They all are weak though. It will only take someone to come out with decent marketing and these following features to take over...

• Case as nice as BGS
  
• Buy Back like PSA
  
• High grading standard like SGC
  

I see these as the most visible flaws of each of the current top three grading companies.

• BGS - Prices own product (Conflict of interest, regardless of the spin doctors), has many enemies...
  
• SGC - Bonehead marketing "Buy the card,not the holder" has lead them to the brink of ruin...
  
• PSA - Past issues with crooks having the keys to the place combined with a case that lags behind BGS, not to mention Beckett doing the pricing, has them with a questionable future...