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09-24-2005, 09:04 AM #1
Couple Quick Grading Questions
Never sent a card to be graded before, so if somebody could help me on this that would be awesome.
1. Where do you get the oversized card holders you have to send the card in? And what are they called?
2. Who's better: BGS or PSA? Which is cheaper, ships faster, and adds more value to the card?
THANKS IN ADVANCE
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09-24-2005, 09:48 AM #2
BGS is generally more respected and increases the value of the card more, but at the same time its much harder to get a good grade from them
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09-24-2005, 09:52 AM #3
thanks for the info. any other thoughts?
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09-24-2005, 10:30 AM #4
I'm moving this to the Graded Card Forum, you might get more replies.
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09-24-2005, 10:39 AM #5
thanks. didn't know where to put it, really. shot in the dark.
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09-24-2005, 10:40 AM #6
No problem at all.
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09-30-2005, 11:29 PM #7
Originally Posted by thesmith00
thesmith - you can Google the terms "Card Saver I" and come up with a few sites that sell them. You can probably find these types of holders at Walmart or Target. I've seen them there before. I haven't seen them at card shops though. Funny...
Here is a website that sells them http://www.cardboardgold.com/carsav1pac.html
I know www.dacardworld.com probably sells them too.
As for who is better, I think that really depends on your intent. If I were looking at keeping the cards, I'd probably do with SGC because their holder is much sharper than all of the others, especially for light bordered cards.
If I were going to submit and sell, BGS all the way. They are tougher but they bring the higher bids. This is probably because they control the market and 'price' their graded cards with a premium over the other graders in Beckett.
PSA requires an annual membership of about $100 which has turned me off of them several times when I've made this same debate.
I go with SGC for all of my pre-1975 cards. SGC has a good 'vintage' following.
For the post-1975 stuff, I use BGC...
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