[jconstein]

How rare is it to submit cards to Beckett for grading and get a ten grading? Now I'm talking new cards obviously not older cards. They seem to grade the autographs 10 but the card itself hardly ever gets a 10. Anyone ever get lucky and have a completely perfect card?

[Phillies_Joe]

from best I can tell...10 = pristine, and I mean pristine. Good luck with that as Beckett grades hard, but fair. A 9.5 from Beckett = 10 in my book. But what the heck do I know about graded cards......

[jconstein]

Yeah I've always heard Beckett is notorious for grading tough.

[jblaze1718]

Yeah I've always heard Beckett is notorious for grading tough.

But a good beckett grade gives the card much more of a boos imo.

[krn001]

How rare is it to submit cards to Beckett for grading and get a ten grading? Now I'm talking new cards obviously not older cards. They seem to grade the autographs 10 but the card itself hardly ever gets a 10. Anyone ever get lucky and have a completely perfect card?

Check & see if there's a population report when you ck the opg. I looked up a 2010 Harper refractor & only 7 of the 235 submitted were a 10 which is a 3% average. I also looked up a Heyward Blue Refractor Auto & none of the 49 got a 10.

[jconstein]

I wonder what separates a 9.5 to a 10. It must be the slightest of imperfections.

[rjcj2017]

What cracks me up is that a 9.0 is considered a pretty lame grade these days ... and 9.0 is "mint" ... back in the day, "mint" was as good as it got.

There was even a dude named "Mr. Mint" Alan Rosen that used to be a nationally known dealer, don't know if he still is, LOL.

[jconstein]

lol yeah I got a Harper Bowman chrome purple refractor graded last year and it came back a 8.5 I actually felt like the card was worthless with that grade. I removed it from the case immediately lol.