Grading Companies

chensanity said:

For Australian cards I'd still go with CGA: https://www.cardgradingaustralia.com/

I don't feel like getting cards graded with BGS/PSA will boost the value of your AFL cards and CGA has a more comprehensive rating system than any of them anyway. Australian collectors just don't care about grading right now but in the future I think CGA-graded cards will begin to command a premium.

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GarnettFan4Life said:

BGS looks better imo with the gold label and the chance at the black label for all 10 perfect card.

PSA sells better at the moment so if you don’t mind it just saying PSA 9 or 10 with no clarification then go for that.

BGS is now $50 for 30 days service and $100 for 5 day service with Cherry (30 day service may be actually 90 atm with COVID-19 delays.

PSA is about $20-40 a card for base level service and a lot more for higher end stuff since I think they charge a fee on really big cards, I’ve never had to worry about that lol. Current wait times are 1-8 months depending on what service you pick As they have a million card backlog and you will pay through the balls to try and jump the queue.

grading is brutal at the moment so be prepared to wait.

SGC label looks like trash imo. People only going with them to avoid wait time. Would be interesting to send the same card to all 3 and see what they come back as each time.

I have some BGS and Some PSA I think some cards look good in each label and I’ve split things up also for potential long term best value.

good luck!

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adz2332 said:

cheers for the info
To be honest it's less about boosting value than it is aesthetics.
I love the slab look

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