Crossovers for submission
smallpaul2002
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In the process of submitting KSA and Beckett graded hockey cards to PSA to regrade in PSA holders. Question to the forum is, am I better off sending these cards to PSA in their original holders or breaking them out and sending them in raw. If i was going to break them out of the original holder, what is the easiest way to get the card out without damaging it?
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On the subject of crossing out, I have been obliterated on a couple of cards at PSA going from 8's and 9's to 4's and 5's. If you are afraid of this happening, you might want to try the crossover route first.
If you simply want the card in a PSA holder and won't be to disappointed if it grades MUCH lower, then crack it out for sure.
or, Am I better to bust them out of their holders and send the cards in raw?
The items I sent in were rare items and I "needed" them in PSA holders so I simply cracked them out and submitted them and was DESTROYED, had a card go from a 9 to a 5 and an 8 to a 4.
I recently picked up a card that I already have in my set and its graded MINT by SGC. This time I decided I would try to get a high grade (I specified the lowest grade I would accept, lower than MINT) as it won't do me any good if it grades below the card I have in my set. This is another hard to find card. I am hoping (perhaps misguidedly) that the 96 the card got rated will influence the PSA grader, I couldn't live with a 4 or 5 on this one.
My thoughts are; if you have a card you want to cross over at a high grade, you might want to try the crossover service because once you crack it out your card may NEVER get that original grae (or possibly even close) again. You can always crack it out later.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO4quX6tGKU
Currently collecting 1934 Butterfinger, 1969 Nabisco, 1991 Topps Desert Shield (in PSA 9 or 10), and 1990 Donruss Learning Series (in PSA 10).
Cracked about 12 cards out of their holders (Beckett and KSA), worked out just fine. Just snapped the top corner off the holders with a set of pliers, and then ran a screwdriver on the top edge, prying upward on a flat surface. The new found cards will be sent in for grading to PSA within the next few weeks.
Good luck! Please keep us posted.