Re grading companies

I apologise if this has been discussed before but what is everyones take on the grading companies. PSA BCCG ect.

I started collecting well before these companies began grading and I understand the basic principle but what do you guys think about which company is better ect.

thanks I appreciate your help....

what got me started was this auction....

1989 Donruss Rookies #1 Gary Sheffield RC BGS BCCG 10

http://cgi.ebay.com/1989-Donruss-Rookies-1-Gary-Sheffield-RC-BGS-BCCG-10_W0QQitemZ180139433578QQihZ008QQcategoryZ55870QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

BCCG is the BGS (Beckett) cheap n nasty alternative, and pretty irrelevant. BGS and PSA are the 2 leading companies, and personally I think the PSA case is so ugly. I like BGS far better but alot of people will disagree. Any other companies than these 2 don't bother.

The search function is your friend. This one has been done plenty of times before ..

http://www.ozcardtrader.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=18907
http://www.ozcardtrader.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=17696
http://www.ozcardtrader.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=13530
http://www.ozcardtrader.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=10471

Plus lots lots more

SGC and GAI also have reasonable reputations....

hill33 said:

The search function is your friend. This one has been done plenty of times before ..

http://www.ozcardtrader.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=18907
http://www.ozcardtrader.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=17696
http://www.ozcardtrader.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=13530
http://www.ozcardtrader.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=10471

Plus lots lots more

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Thanks guys I appreciate it...will go through the previous threads to learn more.....just wasnt sure what to type in search

BCCG is no where near BGS even though they both are Becketts owned I have seen a BCCG10 look 10x worser than a BGS 9
The only two I will recommend are BGS and PSA.

adhunt99 said:

Any other companies than these 2 don't bother.

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Please don't post with info if you don't have the right information to start with.

All stars is completely right. Both SGC and GAI are perfectly good and SGC rules in certain parts of the hobby.

Both of them you will see cards with values of the $10's of thousands US and so being switched to them from PSA holders etc. Grading is mostly ruled by baseball collectors and PSA is the giant of the grading world. Beckett is more basketball based simply due to the crossover from the magazine.

Well,

As for grading, I like PSA grading.. personally.. because they grade for situations of the card, not conditions of the card. that's what i think...so, PSA is very good if u wanna grade vintage card or older cards.. (but anyway, now everyone once in a while tries to get their cards graded, so hey, it works)

and PSA gives fair view of rating while BGS gives pretty strict view.. therefore, the latter could possibly remark very rare pristine condition cards and hard to find high grades... (good for company image, bad for hobby collectors to rise up the price unconditionally)..

Durability, I like BGS better.. they seem to construct with better chemical on frame (slab)... and display and banner description is a bit nicer..

Stackability, PSA rules.. BGS is okay, but BCCG u cannot just stack them.. it's waste of space and scratches to the holder.....

Apart from these 3 criteria, the only thing i think is, i want to get at least psa9 or bgs 8.5 grading when buying.. they will usually sell near the book value, sometimes, a little bit above depending on the population (i mean, recent cards, not vintage).. so i could afford them

So, there are several companies (nowadadys, sports stores themselves grade the cards before they sell if the cards would grade high)...... with 4 main ones..


Beckett (has 3 sub gradiing company, BGS, BVG, BCCG)
Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA)
Sportscard Guaranty Corporation (SGC)
&
Global Authentication, Inc (GAI)..

in eBAy.. they said, you can reply on above 4 companies..

and also this one.

Sports Card Direct Authentic SCD


If you wanna buy off from ebay.. i like to buy PSA and BGS..that's my personal choice and i cannot afford to stack many different companies.

if you want to grade the cards in your possession, all you have to do is, what kind of cards u want to grade (i.e. game used, auto, common).. and there are some PSA members here.. (hill33, whereiswally78 and etc...).. just post it in card discussion forum.. i am sure PSA members will help you out here..

Have seen many cards being graded through members here..

hope that helps.

chadjaja® said:

Please don't post with info if you don't have the right information to start with.

All stars is completely right. Both SGC and GAI are perfectly good and SGC rules in certain parts of the hobby.

Both of them you will see cards with values of the $10's of thousands US and so being switched to them from PSA holders etc. Grading is mostly ruled by baseball collectors and PSA is the giant of the grading world. Beckett is more basketball based simply due to the crossover from the magazine.

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Well I've bought/seen sold a plethora of (admittedly basketball only) cards and none graded by those other companies sell for as much as the same card does bgs/psa - that's my opinion and observations so I'm sticking to it. I believe he was asking for opinions so an opinion he got.

But by the way I do like the fact that others grade /100 rather than /10 it just adds a bit more to it