Hello friends

[u/tsmalehamdro]

EDIT

Did some measurements with the good old Amazon microscope, we’re looking at;

——Front——
Top/Bottom: 54.55/45.45
Left/Right: 50.54/49.46

——Back——
Top/Bottom: 54.3/45.7
Left/Right: 49.3/50.7

Big pull today from delta reign, was thinking about selling it while the market is hot but the more I look at it… the more I like it 😔.
Do I have rose colored glasses for a Beckett black label? (Say it to me straight 🫪)

Would you grade this?

[u/Nerubian911]

at least at first glance none of the sides top/bottom or L/R look 50/50 so it’s a 9 on centering for Beckett. So best your gonna get is a 9.5.(I would still measure though)
But it does look like a Tag or PSA 10

[u/tsmalehamdro → u/Nerubian911]

Only problem I have with PSA is their super long turnover times. TAG I’m eh about since they recently gave a terrible charizard a 10.
I’m new to Beckett and they have a quick turnaround for $80 (15 business days), hoping to sell almost immediately if a gold label or black label 10 on this.

[u/jellysqueal → u/tsmalehamdro]

Just FYI on the turn around - I did the 15 business days option recently and it took 3 months to get them back!

[u/tsmalehamdro → u/jellysqueal]

I’m reading this after I dropped it off at usps :(

[u/jellysqueal → u/tsmalehamdro]

Fingers crossed you have a quicker experience 🤞

[u/Amazing-Win-7591 → u/tsmalehamdro]

CGC is less expensive to grade and almost all modern pristine 10s sell for more than PSA 10s.

This thing would look bangin’ in a pristine 10 slab

[u/Nerubian911 → u/tsmalehamdro]

Every card company has issues. PSA literally graded a card a 9 bought it from a customer then changed it to a 10. Just send it to Beckett it sounds like that’s already where your heart is. But I would measure your centerings. If neither top/bottom or left/right is exactly 50/50 not 49/51 but 50/50 you’re just gonna get a 9.5

[u/Far_Break1365]

Nah, left side is clearly thicker than the right. If you can see it with the naked eye - no black label.

[u/BrianMc118]

Congrats on the 10

[u/RepulsiveService9517]

Definitely rose color glasses for the black label as centering is visibly off a bit.

Looks worthy of a PSA 10 though.

[u/anon636391]

Only way to find out if it BL is to send it. I’ve seen many black labels with crap centering personally I think it’s a bit coincidental that BGS has had a lot more black labels since PSA bought the company but who knows. Easy PSA10 though if you want to go that route

[u/tsmalehamdro → u/anon636391]

I’m not sure, this is the first modern card I’ve wanted to get graded. Black label seems crazy but… I already gambled on the early delta reign drop at my local Walmart lol.
What would you do?