Beckett's new BGS 10 black label

MrNearMint · November 30, 2014 11:56AM

If you haven't heard, BGS just came out with a new label. If a card gets all four 10's on the sub-grades then it gets slabbed with a black label instead of the old gold label.
I understand this is a PSA forum but I wanted to know what people think about Beckett's black label idea.

What do you think?

sportscardstop · November 30, 2014 12:14PM

I think they changed the label to add a little prestige to the "perfect card". it doesn't matter to me either way. Plus the card they showed with four 10s looked like it had a corner issue

begsu1013 · November 30, 2014 12:21PM

pic or link?

MULLINS5 · November 30, 2014 12:24PM

<< <i>pic or link? >>

link

saucywombat · November 30, 2014 12:29PM

I've always thought they'd benefit from a consistent label across all grades a la PSA.

begsu1013 · November 30, 2014 12:39PM

ehh. seems good, but lost me on the cards no older than 1980. a 71 topps would look good in there. but no real skin lost as I dont sub to them anyways...

addicted2ebay · November 30, 2014 12:40PM

Wonder what that means for BVG 10's with no sub grades? Also I have cracked and submitted BGS cards and never once have they come back with the exact same sub grades for what that's worth.

sportscardstop · November 30, 2014 12:48PM

<< <i>Wonder what that means for BVG 10's with no sub grades? Also I have cracked and submitted BGS cards and never once have they come back with the exact same sub grades for what that's worth. >>

I had a card get a 10 centering on 1 sub, and an 8.5 on the next.

digicat · November 30, 2014 12:51PM

<< <i>I've always thought they'd benefit from a consistent label across all grades a la PSA. >>

I don't collect BGS graded cards, but I like the look of the colored labels they've used.

Personally, I wish PSA would use a nicer color scheme for their label instead of red and white. In my own personal collection, I think the BGS label looks nicer with my cards than the PSA label.

KendallCat · November 30, 2014 1:27PM

That is pretty sweet. I would imagine it would stand out in a display case at a show.

CollectorAtWork · November 30, 2014 2:36PM

I like the black flip. Looks sweet.

lawnmowerman · November 30, 2014 11:02PM

I think it looks cheap.

Reminds me of the labels you see on ebay where the guy is doing the slabbing in his basement.

gameusedhoop · November 30, 2014 11:14PM

charrigan · November 30, 2014 11:49PM

I don't like it because I prefer uniformity and consistency in flips over cool/new innovations.

That said, in the abstract, looks great. Just not sure how I'd feel if I had a bunch of non-black BGS 10s.

StanTheManMusial · December 1, 2014 2:20AM

I still prefer the beautiful Gold foil labels on BGS 9.5 and BGS 10's over the black label. If they wanted to do anything with their labels, they could have went back to the original labels with the subgrades on the back.