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Waiting for my BGS sub to pop today (Has now POP'd)

If you are not farmiliar with BGS grading operations, they log your order like PSA does, but they set a deadline date according to the servie level you chose and if they are not on time the order is free. My 5 day sub is due to pop today so I have hit refresh 1,000 times. They will likely show up at 5:00 Dallas time. I was going to post the results anyways, but I thought you guys might like to share in the anticipation haha. Here are the cards I subbed. The Joba, Drew, Manning, Mantle and Malkin are my friends cards. I have posted scans of the Russell, Kobe Ref, Garnett and Lebron Chromes before if you want me to dig them up. The 5 KObe Finest are the 5 best from a lot of 30. The Jordan rookie is the horrible one that is being Authenticated Only.

LINE/ SPORT/ QNTY/ YEAR/ BRAND/ NUMBER/ NAME/
1 Basketball 1 1957-58 Topps 77 Bill Russell
2 Basketball 2 2003-04 Topps Chrome 111 Lebron James
3 Basketball 1 1995-96 Finest 115 Kevin Garnett
4 Basketball 1 1996-97 Finest Refractors 74 Kobe Bryant B
5 Baseball 1 1991 Topps Tiffany 333 Chipper Jones
6 Basketball 1 1986-87 Fleer 57 Michael Jordan
7 Basketball 5 1996-97 Finest 74 Kobe Bryant B
8 Baseball 1 1995 Bowman's Best Refractors B7 Andruw Jones
9 Basketball 1 1992-93 Hoops Magic's All-Rookies 1 Shaquille O'Neal
10 Basketball 1 2003-04 Topps Pristine 101 LeBron James C
11 Baseball 1 1966 Topps 50 Mickey Mantle
12 Hockey 1 2006-07 Ultra 251 Evgeni Malkin RR
13 Football 1 1998 Bowman Chrome 1 Peyton Manning
14 Baseball 1 2005 Bowman Chrome Draft Refractors 166 Stephen Drew AU
15 Baseball 1 2007 Bowman Chrome Prospects BC236 Joba Chamberlain AU

Comments

  • Nice Sub......I hope you get a bunch of 9.5's with a few 10's mixed in.


    I'm considering sending in my first order to Beckett. With how much 10's sell for on ebay....it's a wise choice to get the modern stuff graded by beckett.
  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭
    Right now they are running a 5 day special for $12.50 with no minimum of cards.
  • VitoCo1972VitoCo1972 Posts: 6,130 ✭✭✭
    Will that Russell be available or is it PC?
  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭
    Russell is PC. It is very well centered, but it has some creasing on the upper right corner area. I looked at tons of PSA 4-5s and they bring strong money but most are OC with corner wear and look like 4s. This is probably the best looking Russell I will ever be able to afford.

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  • VitoCo1972VitoCo1972 Posts: 6,130 ✭✭✭
    That's pretty! I'm putting that set together on the BGS registry right now in 4-5's. That's why I asked.
  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭
    The POP

    5619873 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan Authentic
    5619646 1968 Topps N.RyanJ.Koosman Service Unavailable (reslab)
    5619645 2006-07 Ultra Evgeni Malkin RR 9.5
    5619644 1957-58 Topps Bill Russell 3.0
    5619643 1995-96 Finest Kevin Garnett 9.0
    5619642 1996-97 Finest Refractors Kobe Bryant B 8.5
    5619641 1996-97 Finest Kobe Bryant B 9.0
    5619640 1996-97 Finest Kobe Bryant B 9.0
    5619639 1996-97 Finest Kobe Bryant B 9.5
    5619638 1996-97 Finest Kobe Bryant B 9.0
    5619637 1996-97 Finest Kobe Bryant B 9.0
    5619636 2003-04 Topps Chrome Lebron James 9.5
    5619635 2003-04 Topps Chrome Lebron James 9.5
    5619634 2003-04 Topps Pristine LeBron James C 10.0
    5619633 1992-93 Hoops Magic's All-Rookies Shaquille O'Neal 8.5
    5619632 1998 Bowman Chrome Peyton Manning 9.5
    5619631 1966 Topps Mickey Mantle 6.0
    5619630 1991 Topps Tiffany Chipper Jones 7.0
    5619629 1995 Bowman's Best Refractors Andruw Jones 6.5
    5619628 2005 Bowman Chrome Draft Refractors Stephen Drew AU 9.5
    5619627 2007 Bowman Chrome Prospects Joba Chamberlain AU 9.0
  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    Good luck!
    I'm turning into Matt (LMM). I'm never going to use them
    again.

    BTW, why didn't you peel the coating off the Kobe?
    1) It's ugly with it on. 2) It's going to hurt you on surface
    from the bubbles. 3) It's ugly with it on 4) It was made to
    be peeled off especially if you're going to grade. 5) It's ugly
    with it on.
  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    I see a Malkin in there?
    I didn't know you collect hockey.
  • ndleondleo Posts: 4,141 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mike
  • ndleondleo Posts: 4,141 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I am surprised the Russell was only a 3. With the centering, I though it would pull at least a 4 or 4.5.
    Mike
  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭
    This is my first sub more than 3 or 4 cards and I sent some marginal cards to see what you could get by with and what they slam. Other than the Russell and Andruw Jones I think they were pretty fair.

    -I thought the Russell would be a 4.5 pretty shocked on that one.

    -The Mantle I had pegged as a 5.5 so that was pretty fair.

    -The Andruw Jones is a head scratcher it looked well centered and they gave it a 5.5 centering?

    -Chipper Tiffany is sharp, but the tiffany coating did not go all the way to the edge, I had 2 and both were like that so I gave it a shot and got a 9.5s and a 6 surface that I guess is due to the tiffany not covering the whole edge.

    -The Kobe finest lot I thought I might get a couple 9.5s but they all still had the peel. Glad I didn't get any 8.5s there.

    -Kobe Refractor is what I figured, but I think being graded with peel will probably get me a few extra bucks to cover fees

    -The Lebrons turned out well. The Pristine was nice and there are 19 10's out of 602 subbed. This one is 9.5/10/10/10.

    -The Shaq I shouldn't have sent but gave it a shot.
  • fujfuj Posts: 559 ✭✭✭
    Allen,
    Have you followed Finest sales closely to see if cards with the peel consistently sell for more? If so, what is the approx premium?

    I haven't tracked sales much but on the few occasions that I did any research, there didn't appear to be a distinct pattern of the cards w/peel selling for more.

    Was the surface subgrade one of the reasons it got the 8.5 or was it the more because of centering?
  • swartz1swartz1 Posts: 4,911 ✭✭✭
    Allen is that manning a preview?

    What is the deal with the ryan?

    thanks - just curious...


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