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Population Reports
Graded Card Lookup
Electronic Submission Form
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Why BGS? When you get your collection graded by BGS you can enjoy these benefits for many years to come.
- Grading Cards Increases Value - Compare the secondary market prices of your favorite cards in raw and graded forms. BGS-graded cards are usually valued higher.
- Preservation/Protection - Your BGS-graded cards are well preserved in a unique, protective cardholder. You won’t have to worry about them getting damaged.
- Greater Resale Potential - On today’s secondary market, especially online, graded cards are easier to sell. With BGS-graded cards collectors can be confident in the quality of the card being bought.
- Authenticity - You can be assured that you have the real deal. As part of the grading process, BGS cards are routinely authenticated.
- Tamper Proof - Once a card has been graded and slabbed by BGS, the integrity of the card is protected from all kinds of tampering.
- Display - The BGS cardholder is attractive, sturdy and stackable. It provides unobstructed viewing of your card from all angles!
- The Reputation of the Beckett Name - BGS operates with the same honesty, integrity and excellent hobby knowledge you have come to expect from Beckett. Reliability and consistency are the hallmarks of Beckett Grading Services.
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A Simple Grading Scale
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Beckett Grading Services offers the first and only on time or it’s FREE guarantee. If your order is not completed and on its way back to you by the deadline the whole order is free! This is at any service level!
Beckett Grading Services uses an easy-to-understand 1 to 10-point grading scale, with descending increments of one-half point (for example 10, 9.5, 9, 8.5, etc.). Since you are provided with a detailed report on your card’s key attributes, there are no confusing qualifiers to decipher.
Top-graded cards are identifiable at a glance
thanks to Beckett Grading Services’ premium-colored labels. A gold
label on the front of the unique cardholder signifies the highest
graded cards (9.5-10). A silver label graces cards graded 8.5 to 9.
Cards in all other grades are identified with a distinctive and
attractive white label.
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Beckett Grading Services Slab Diagram
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Front
1, Color coded label: GOLD for top two grades, SILVER for next two, WHITE
for remaining levels. Easy identification of top grades and premium
2, Numerical and letter grade appears on the front of the label, along
with the card description.
3, Case allows edges of card to be viewed.
4, Sealed, archival inner sleeve to protect card from internal movement,
yet will not detract from visibility.
5, Crystal clear outer shell, sonically sealed
Case is sturdy - prevents damage and creates a positive impression.
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Back
1, Exclusive "Report Card" grade label details
4 areas of the card's total grade, identifying its strengths and weaknesses.
2, 1/2 point grade increments provide a fine definition of the card's grade.
3, Serial number helps identify/record your card in the Beckett archives.
Stackable design that keeps surfaces from being damaged.
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Our Guarantee:
Beckett Grading Services will provide collectors with the finest,
most thorough, consistent and accurate grading efforts available in
the industry. Disputed grades on cards are limited to typographical
errors on the label (i.e., the wrong set name). We guarantee our turn
around time. Turn Around Time, this is the time in which the cards
are in the possession of Beckett Grading Services (time in transit,
weekends and holidays are excluded) and begin the day after your order
is received. Failure to meet our deadlines will result in a customer
refund.
Beckett shall not be deemed to be in default of or to have breached
any provision of this guarantee as a result of any delay, failure
in performance or interruption of the Services, resulting directly
or indirectly from acts of God, acts of civil or military authority,
civil disturbance, war, fire, floods, epidemics, quarantine restrictions,
strikes, freight embargoes, transportation contingencies, shortages
of facilities, fuel, energy, labor or materials, or laws, regulations,
acts or order of any government agency or official thereof, other
catastrophes, delays of subcontractors or suppliers arising from unforeseeable
causes beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of either
the Contractor or the subcontractors or suppliers, or any other circumstances
beyond Provider's reasonable control. In the event of any such delay
or failure, the parties shall defer performance of the Services to
a date and time mutually agreeable.
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Among the
features unique to Beckett Grading Services is a Report Card
providing specific grade details and leaving no confusion as to why
your card received its grade. Cards will be graded on four key
categories: centering, corners, edges and surface. Beckett Grading
Services is the first to use this unique system which assures
accuracy in grading. Grades from each of these key categories will
be considered in determining your card’s final overall grade. These
key category grades will appear on the back of the Beckett Grading
Services cardholder.
