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Crossover minimum grade

kanmankanman Posts: 6
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Newbie question. I am a Hank Aaron collector and have decided to switch my graded cards from BVG to PSA and then continue on collecting PSA (mainly because of availability). I need recommendations on what minimum grade to accept. I have a 1964 Topps Stand-Up graded BVG 8 and would hate to see it come back to low, but am committed to going with PSA. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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  • denwd1denwd1 Posts: 430
    " I need recommendations on what minimum grade to accept." if you want PSA to grade your cards and you are commited to buy and use PSA to grade your cards just accept the grade they give,there will not be that much difference, unless of course your cards are graded by pro or grademycards ETC..if you don't like the grade just sell and buy a higher grade.JMO
  • ndleondleo Posts: 4,136 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You are better off cracking the card out and sending it in raw to PSA. The crossover service is biased by the holder it comes in. It isn't worth the money.
    Mike
  • jrdolanjrdolan Posts: 2,549 ✭✭
    On a crossover you can specify minimum grade. There's a column on the submission sheet just for that. If the card doesn't measure up, or the grader can't be sure by examining it in the BVG holder, PSA will return it to you in its current holder (they keep the grading fee). So you don't risk losing a grade.

    If you want it to move to a PSA holder no matter what, don't specify a min. grade (or submit raw) and hope for the best. If you think it's undergraded and you know PSA's criteria pretty well, definitely crack it out and submit raw. Once I bought a 1964 Koufax BVG 6.5 because I thought it was graded too harshly, and successfully crossed it (raw) to PSA 8.

    As far as Beckett grading goes, BGS is an expensive joke (the whole 9.5 brainwash) and BCCG is a cheap joke (as in literally funny), but BVG isn't too bad on the vintage material. They have a whole different grading staff for vintage. I've had good luck crossing those to PSA, never losing more than a half-point on the 'tweeners. That's fine with me, because PSA 7 is generally worth more in the marketplace than BVG 7.5. I want PSA anyway for my registries and greater liquidity.
  • goudeygoldgoudeygold Posts: 701 ✭
    now that was pretty well said.

    GG
  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭


    << <i>
    If you want it to move to a PSA holder no matter what, don't specify a min. grade (or submit raw) and hope for the best. >>



    Make SURE you specify "1" ( inthe right hand column under min. grade) as the minimum grade other wise they will crack it out, and put "evid trim" and you get zippo. The raw card back with no hlder at all. I keep making this mistake and having to resubit.
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