The Grading Thread (PSA, BGS, SGC, CSG, HGA, ETC, ETC)

Iron Clad Lou said:
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This submission was facilitated by the fantastic people at The Hobby Australia. This is my fourth submission and I highly recommend them for your sub needs!

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Basketball:

This submission was mainly an NFL one, but I did have a few beauties that I had pulled over the past year that I wanted to get graded:

1. 2020 Panini Prizm Lebron James Silver Prizm #1:

Bought one off eBay and one off my mate, and I am pretty sure the mate's one came through with the goods here. I wouldn't usually grade a card like this but it's a fairly iconic

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2. 2020 Donruss Optic LaMelo Ball Blue Velocity #153:

Had a brutal run with Optic, and this was probably the only decent card I pulled out of LOTS of retail. Glad to tuck this one away.

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3. 2021 Donruss Elite Cam Thomas Aspirations #222:

I love the poor mans PMG, so had to get my boy Cam done! Have a Giddey on the way to PSA in the October submission

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4: 1997 Topps Michael Jordan #123:

This was a decoy card that was used to get a poor grade out of the way! Next time, i'll choose something a bit nicer, but happy with this card.

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Baseball:

5: 2018 Topps Opening Day Shoei Ohtani #200:

Old pull from a box back in the day. Should have opened more :)

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Soccer:

6. 2016 Panini Donruss Cristiano Ronaldo Silver #138: (Pop 2)

Found this was very low pop and couldn't find any other sold anywhere. Couldn't sell it so I just graded it for fun. Glad i did end up sending this one off.

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Football:

Just a bunch of cards ripped from the past few years:

PSA10's

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PSA9's

Budgeted that these would be 9's except for the Herbert. I will need to be more careful next time review these cards.

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So what did you end up getting up-charged for out of this lot?
 
AbbeyCollects said:
Hi all,

Any hints/tips as to the best way of getting cards graded (PSA/Beckett not Australian Grading Services)?

Is it best to send my cards to SMC and then commence the grading process, should I use a third party in Australia or should I go direct to Beckett/PSA.

Would love any suggestions and feedback on what others are finding currently.

Thanks in advance
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I’ve used TheHobbyAus for ages and they are amazing

They do PSA, BGS and SGC

https://thehobby.com.au
 
Had an extremely rough mail day of some SGC slabs bought off the secondary.

I won't be buying SGC slabs at all in future.

I'm talking slabbed 9.5's or better with 3 or 4 chipped corners, chipped edges etc. And I mean all on the one card.

Most of the SGC slabs I bought (from multiple sellers) were similar.

I bought a SGC 10 in a particular card that has 4 noticeable chips across the top edge.

I was intending to cross grade a few, but genuinely think they would struggle to get PSA 7's.
 
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AbbeyCollects said:
Hi all,

Any hints/tips as to the best way of getting cards graded (PSA/Beckett not Australian Grading Services)?

Is it best to send my cards to SMC and then commence the grading process, should I use a third party in Australia or should I go direct to Beckett/PSA.

Would love any suggestions and feedback on what others are finding currently.

Thanks in advance
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I do the opposite, I send direct to PSA, but have them return to my US postal address, I then change the declared values and ship home.

If you direct ship from the grading companies, you need to be bundling in batches of slabbed declared values of less than $1000AUD or you will be slugged import taxes. PSA declare the value as per their graded assessment when assessing upcharges for customs.

I've got mates that use The Hobby and love them. For approx $50 AUD a card you are completely hands off, postage covered, fully insured both ways, don't need to worry about import duties etc

It's a good option if you just want to do a few cards.

I'm trying to grade on more volume and am also grading some lower end cards, so the margins are more important for me.
 
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Pop report is the best feature but so far I’ve found it not the greatest to navigate

Like I only got results using 2019-20 optic contenders and had to scroll down and find what I was after - no results came up if I added historic picks after the main Set

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A newby getting back into the game after so many years. Have a question on grading and more so local graders vs PSA and BGS.
I bought a card thats been graded by TCG as a 9. For resell value, is it better to get it regraded by PSA or BGS? Or given we mostly sell to local market it doesnt really matter?
 
Skills said:
A newby getting back into the game after so many years. Have a question on grading and more so local graders vs PSA and BGS.
I bought a card thats been graded by TCG as a 9. For resell value, is it better to get it regraded by PSA or BGS? Or given we mostly sell to local market it doesnt really matter?
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Take my advice with a pinch of salt because I'm not an investor and I don't grade...but 99.9% certain, for resale value PSA is the clear leader.
 
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