Vintage Grading Question: BGS vs PSA (OC)

[CeddieB]

I own these two RC's which look great other than their centering, as evidenced by their BGS sub grades.

I am looking switch all my graded vintage cards over to PSA, generally by selling my BVG/BGS cards and buying PSA, upgrading while I do so.

I was wondering, if I submitted these to PSA for crossover grading, where do you think PSA would grade them? Do we know their criteria for giving them an 8 or 9 with the OC qualifier, vs. an unqualified 7?

If I received the higher grade with an OC qualifier, would generally value higher than the current BGS grade? Thinking more about LT value appreciation than selling right now.

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[Fred Bear]

I have no direct experience, but from what I have seen, I wouldn't expect better than a 6 or 7 with no qualifiers and a grade with qualifiers, the Yzerman may be an 8 (OC) and the Roy a 9 (OC). The qualifier knocks the score down 2 grades for the purposes of the PSA registry and that is usually how the prices go, too. A 9 (OC) may be a bit above a 7, but it would depend on the buyer and what they were going for. I tend to see the OC qualifier closer to the full 2 grades rather than an ST qualifier due to something on the card back. Just what I have seen. Curious to others experiences as well.

 

[rohara99]

Based on what I've seen sell recently on ebay OC qualifiers are selling for far more then a 2 grade drop. I believe the comps I saw were on Lemieux Topps/OPC and Roy OPC's.

IE: PSA 9 OC's are outselling PSA 7's. And PSA 8 OC's are outselling PSA 6's.

Maybe its just cause of the crazy time were in and slightly uninformed buyers but it does seem odd.

If this keeps up I'm going to cross my Lemieux OPC BGS 6 (with 5 centering lol) over to a PSA 8 oc or PSA 9 oc.

 

[Vassy]

PSA for anything pre-1990 is the play.

 

[terry1hockeyfan]

Here is my oc Yzerman for you to compare to.
scan0227 by Terry Fortune, on Flickr