BGS Grades Just Popped (One Pristine)

[Jaypers]

Submitted 18 cards; 13 made the MG. I used a MG-9 for three of them, and MG-9.5 for the rest.


Item # Set Name Player Name Final Grade Auto Grade

6107935 2008-09 USA Baseball Bryce Harper 9.5
6107936 2008-09 USA Baseball Bryce Harper 9.5
6107937 2008-09 USA Baseball Bryce Harper 9.5
6107938 2008-09 USA Baseball Bryce Harper 9.5
6107943 2008 Topps AFLAC Tyler Matzek 9.5
6107946 2008 Topps AFLAC Matthew Purke Does Not Meet Minimum Grade
6107947 2008 Topps AFLAC Donavan Tate 9.5
6107948 2004 Donruss Elite Extra Edition Dexter Fowler AU/623 Does Not Meet Minimum Grade
6107949 2008 Playoff Contenders N.Feliz AU/246 Does Not Meet Minimum Grade
6107950 2008 Bowman Sterling Prospects Chris Tillman AU 9.5 10
6107951 2008 Bowman Chrome Draft Prospects Josh Reddick AU 9.5 10
6107952 2008 Bowman Chrome Draft Prospects Josh Reddick AU 9.5 10
6107953 2008 Bowman Chrome Draft Prospects Josh Reddick AU 10.0 10
6107954 2004 Bowman Chrome Draft Gold Refractors Wade Davis 9.5
6107955 2006 Bowman Chrome Prospects Gold Refractors Jeremy Hellickson 9.0
6107956 2008 Razor Signature Series Metal Tim Beckham Does Not Meet Minimum Grade
6107960 2008 Razor Signature Series Metal Gold Brett Lawrie Does Not Meet Minimum Grade
6107964 2008 Ultimate Collection USA Baseball Jersey Autographs Stephen Strasburg 9.0 9

 

[mredsox89]

Nice Reddicks, Davis, and Strasburg. MG 9 or 9.5 on the razor metals?

 

[Jaypers]

Nice Reddicks, Davis, and Strasburg. MG 9 or 9.5 on the razor metals?

9.5.

 

[SINFULONE]

Those Fowlers are always tough to grade.I bought a BGS 9 from you last year.

 

[beefycheddar]

Sick Reddick.

 

[ozzie's translator]

Nice 10 JP! I'm looking for poppage Thursday, a 10 would be cool. What do you think it was on the Razor metal that didn't get 9.5, surface?

 

[Jaypers]

Nice 10 JP! I'm looking for poppage Thursday, a 10 would be cool. What do you think it was on the Razor metal that didn't get 9.5, surface?

Yep. And the sad part is, those were the best two I had, out of dozens.

 

[ozzie's translator]

Nice 10 JP! I'm looking for poppage Thursday, a 10 would be cool. What do you think it was on the Razor metal that didn't get 9.5, surface?

Yep. And the sad part is, those were the best two I had, out of dozens.

That is how I feel about my Danks contenders.

 

[mredsox89]

Nice 10 JP! I'm looking for poppage Thursday, a 10 would be cool. What do you think it was on the Razor metal that didn't get 9.5, surface?

Yep. And the sad part is, those were the best two I had, out of dozens.

I sent in 4 and got 2 9.5's and 2 9's so high grades are definitely possible

 

[Jaypers]

Just got them back. Here are the better cards.

 

[NECpilgrims8]

Interesting. They now have the auto grade on the back of the flip.

Now, the questions are....

Will sellers disclose the auto grade?

Does this make them not as important overall?

 

[Jaypers]

Interesting. They now have the auto grade on the back of the flip.

Now, the questions are....

Will sellers disclose the auto grade?

Does this make them not as important overall?

I think that's just because the Strasburg was a much thicker card. Notice the Reddick's Auto grade is on the front.

 

[NECpilgrims8]

Interesting. They now have the auto grade on the back of the flip.

Now, the questions are....

Will sellers disclose the auto grade?

Does this make them not as important overall?

I think that's just because the Strasburg was a much thicker card. Notice the Reddick's Auto grade is on the front.

But either way, they could be phasing it to the back or doing it on some of them.

It's an interesting move, especially since we never really know the guidelines for 10 vs. 9 auto grades on many cards.

Personally, I would like to see the auto grade be either on the back, or gone all together.

 

[thefasterblade]

Very strange to see the Auto grade on the back. Not really a fan of it.

 

[leatherman]

Interesting. They now have the auto grade on the back of the flip.

Now, the questions are....

Will sellers disclose the auto grade?

Does this make them not as important overall?

I think that's just because the Strasburg was a much thicker card. Notice the Reddick's Auto grade is on the front.

But either way, they could be phasing it to the back or doing it on some of them.

It's an interesting move, especially since we never really know the guidelines for 10 vs. 9 auto grades on many cards.

Personally, I would like to see the auto grade be either on the back, or gone all together.

I'm quite sure it is an inventory issue. That is, they ran out of the thicker slabs with the separate auto window and had to slab the card or eat the grading fees. It happens a few times a year, sometimes with base chrome autos.

BGS has never been known for its consistency on any level.


David

 

[NECpilgrims8]

Interesting. They now have the auto grade on the back of the flip.

Now, the questions are....

Will sellers disclose the auto grade?

Does this make them not as important overall?

I think that's just because the Strasburg was a much thicker card. Notice the Reddick's Auto grade is on the front.

But either way, they could be phasing it to the back or doing it on some of them.

It's an interesting move, especially since we never really know the guidelines for 10 vs. 9 auto grades on many cards.

Personally, I would like to see the auto grade be either on the back, or gone all together.

I'm quite sure it is an inventory issue. That is, they ran out of the thicker slabs with the separate auto window and had to slab the card or eat the grading fees. It happens a few times a year, sometimes with base chrome autos.

BGS has never been known for its consistency on any level.

David

Well, I have always viewed auto grades as a scam for them to make more money. They also give some 9 and 8 auto grades out to crisp clean autos, which means they have no set guidelines.

I think they should get rid of the auto grade all together. You can see the auto and if you don't like it, then don't buy it. Plain and simple. Card quality and condition is much harder to decide with the naked eye.

 

[SINFULONE]

Interesting. They now have the auto grade on the back of the flip.

Now, the questions are....

Will sellers disclose the auto grade?

Does this make them not as important overall?

I think that's just because the Strasburg was a much thicker card. Notice the Reddick's Auto grade is on the front.

But either way, they could be phasing it to the back or doing it on some of them.

It's an interesting move, especially since we never really know the guidelines for 10 vs. 9 auto grades on many cards.

Personally, I would like to see the auto grade be either on the back, or gone all together.

I have a Topps Prime Cut Relic signature that was signed on the bat barrell and they put the autograph grade on the back too (somehow they gave it a 10, didn't think it would get that).All the other signatures I sent in the signature grade was on the front.Weird.