BRCR to PSA Crossover

Pigo · 07-21-2025, 05:09 PM

Does anyone have any experience of sending a Beckett RCR card to PSA for crossover? Am I better off just popping it out of the sleeve and sending it in raw?

RufussCkingston · 07-21-2025, 05:41 PM

So you are going to put a min grade and ask them not to "cut" the sticker if it doesn't meet it? Are you hoping for a grade higher than the RCR? The other issue is how "clean" the cardsaver the the card is in now so that they can actually review it for a pre-grade to determine it meets the min at the very least.

towerymt · 07-22-2025, 07:39 AM

Let us know how it goes.

If it's a 9.5, I'd bet < 5% chance of getting a 10. So for me it would come down to how much I want to protect that 9.5 grade from potentially becoming something lower than a PSA-9.

Pigo · 07-22-2025, 08:16 AM

Thank you - purely by asking these questions I think you're giving me a pretty good steer.

It's a 9.5 RCR that basically I would rather have graded by PSA than Beckett. So given the difficulty of assessing it properly at the PSA end without taking it out of its sleeve and cutting the sticker, I'm probably best off prepping it myself and sending it in as a normal raw submission with the rest of my stuff.

towerymt · 07-22-2025, 12:54 PM

^ that's probably the best plan. Trade the possibility of a grade lower than a 9 for a chance at a 10.

Here's my one experience with a BGS-to-PSA crossover: https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1451439
(Not RCR, though)

Two cards, both true gem+ (all 9.5 w/10 sub), but only one had '10' surface grade.
The '10' surface grade crossed to PSA-10, the other did not cross.
Cracked out the one that didn't cross and submitted raw, then it got a PSA-10 as well.

The surface is the hardest thing to assess through the layers of plastic, so this validated my assumptions.

cfern023 · 07-29-2025, 09:04 AM

I would send to beckett and see if they'll agree with the 9.5, and with the subgrades you can decide if it's worth a submission to PSA.

RKH916 · 07-29-2025, 08:02 PM

Send it raw.

There's ego involved for the grader. "We're PSA, our PSA 10 is of a higher standard than a BGS 9.5".

If it's been graded as a 9.5 by becket on all subgrades it will likely cross to a PSA 10 if they're giving you an honest grade. But it's PSA, so you might wind up with a random 6 that you need to crack and resubmit.

07-21-2025, 05:09 PM	#1
Pigo Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 326 demonheadmonster demonheadmonster	BRCR to PSA Crossover Does anyone have any experience of sending a Beckett RCR card to PSA for crossover? Am I better off just popping it out of the sleeve and sending it in raw? __________________ Always looking for 2021 EPL Prizm Pink Mosaics

07-21-2025, 05:41 PM	#2
RufussCkingston Member Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Uranus Posts: 1,301	So you are going to put a min grade and ask them not to "cut" the sticker if it doesn't meet it? Are you hoping for a grade higher than the RCR? The other issue is how "clean" the cardsaver the the card is in now so that they can actually review it for a pre-grade to determine it meets the min at the very least. Last edited by RufussCkingston; 07-21-2025 at 05:44 PM.

07-22-2025, 07:39 AM	#3
towerymt Member Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: VA Posts: 8,850	Let us know how it goes. If it's a 9.5, I'd bet < 5% chance of getting a 10. So for me it would come down to how much I want to protect that 9.5 grade from potentially becoming something lower than a PSA-9. __________________ In search of... 2018 Topps Chrome Update Max Scherzer #HMT77: Superfractor 2019 Topps Update Carter Kieboom #US109: Platinum

07-22-2025, 08:16 AM	#4
Pigo Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 326 demonheadmonster demonheadmonster	Thank you - purely by asking these questions I think you're giving me a pretty good steer. It's a 9.5 RCR that basically I would rather have graded by PSA than Beckett. So given the difficulty of assessing it properly at the PSA end without taking it out of its sleeve and cutting the sticker, I'm probably best off prepping it myself and sending it in as a normal raw submission with the rest of my stuff. __________________ Always looking for 2021 EPL Prizm Pink Mosaics

07-22-2025, 12:54 PM	#5
towerymt Member Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: VA Posts: 8,850	^ that's probably the best plan. Trade the possibility of a grade lower than a 9 for a chance at a 10. Here's my one experience with a BGS-to-PSA crossover: https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1451439 (Not RCR, though) Two cards, both true gem+ (all 9.5 w/10 sub), but only one had '10' surface grade. The '10' surface grade crossed to PSA-10, the other did not cross. Cracked out the one that didn't cross and submitted raw, then it got a PSA-10 as well. The surface is the hardest thing to assess through the layers of plastic, so this validated my assumptions. __________________ In search of... 2018 Topps Chrome Update Max Scherzer #HMT77: Superfractor 2019 Topps Update Carter Kieboom #US109: Platinum

07-29-2025, 09:04 AM	#6
cfern023 Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 521	I would send to beckett and see if they'll agree with the 9.5, and with the subgrades you can decide if it's worth a submission to PSA. __________________ Collecting Mike Piazza Marlins Cards and Memorabilia Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/piazzamarlins31/

07-29-2025, 08:02 PM	#7
RKH916 Member Join Date: Oct 2024 Posts: 517	Send it raw. There's ego involved for the grader. "We're PSA, our PSA 10 is of a higher standard than a BGS 9.5". If it's been graded as a 9.5 by becket on all subgrades it will likely cross to a PSA 10 if they're giving you an honest grade. But it's PSA, so you might wind up with a random 6 that you need to crack and resubmit.