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BGS 9.5?

lawnmowermanlawnmowerman Posts: 19,477 ✭✭✭✭
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Can someone tell me how this card is a 9.5 and has a 9.5 for centering? I think it looks pretty far off.


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1994 Pro Line Live

TheDallasCowboyBackfieldProject

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  • wolfbearwolfbear Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭

    I measure 55 / 45 left to right and 60 / 40 top to bottom.

    Not bad for a card with such thin borders ...

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  • Crusader765Crusader765 Posts: 84
    Yah, but that's extremely generous for BGS, particularly as far as centering goes.
  • lawnmowermanlawnmowerman Posts: 19,477 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I measure 55 / 45 left to right and 60 / 40 top to bottom.

    Not bad for a card with such thin borders ... >>

    This isnt your card is it image

    1994 Pro Line Live

    TheDallasCowboyBackfieldProject

  • kingraider75kingraider75 Posts: 1,500 ✭✭
    grader was running late for his lunch dateimage
    Running an Ebay store sure takes a lot more time than a person would think!
  • ctsoxfanctsoxfan Posts: 6,246 ✭✭
    He should trim the left side to match the right, resend it to BGS - and, presto: BGS 10!
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  • Brian48Brian48 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭
    This card should not qualify for a BGS 9.5. By their written standards, 55/45 is only permitted for either L/R or T/B. The other MUST be 50/50. This is surprising since 90% of my recent submissions to BGS were absolutely killed due to centering. They were picky as hell with me.

    The same for trimming (see my other post). They rejected two 1968 hockey cards I sent in for "shaved edges", but I think they're wrong. I'll be sending those two cards to PSA for a second opinion shortly.

    Whatever BGS may have been guilty of in the past, I can tell you right now, they are grading like real hardasses right now.
  • lawnmowermanlawnmowerman Posts: 19,477 ✭✭✭✭
    My guess is that the guy that sent them in gets "special treatment" by BGS. He is a seller on Ebay with tons of feedback and happy customers. He also sells from Dallas. Hmmm? Beckett is in Dallas too. I'm sure he has a few friends there.

    1994 Pro Line Live

    TheDallasCowboyBackfieldProject

  • VincecarderVincecarder Posts: 1,852 ✭


    << <i>My guess is that the guy that sent them in gets "special treatment" by BGS. He is a seller on Ebay with tons of feedback and happy customers. He also sells from Dallas. Hmmm? Beckett is in Dallas too. I'm sure he has a few friends there. >>



    Yep....just like dslsports gets special treatment from PSA. It's all about dealers who send in thousands of dollars of cards a month. To keep them coming back they got to let some cards slip. I actually think the Carter isn't that bad....I've seen FAR worse PSA 10's with centering that boggles the mind.
    CB4
  • rvcrvc Posts: 559 ✭✭
    that should not be 9.5.
    Bob
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