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[redwing40]

My Grades showed up in the pops at Beckett,

08-09 The Cup Jonathan Ericsson Jsy/AU RC
8.5 9.0 AU
05-06 SPx Valtteri Filppula GU/AU RC
9.5 8.5 AU
07-08 BAP Darren Helm #RR 345 36/99
9.5 POP 1 First card ever graded By Beckett at a 9.5 only card I think

Very Happy!

[northicehero99]

Nice on the Helm, that is very cool.

[redwing40]

Nice on the Helm, that is very cool.

Thanks Brian, ok I read what was given to me wrong, The Helm is correct, only 1 card graded 9.5

But not sure on the Filppula and Ericsson, wasn't sure what Pops means, but now I do

Only 2 Ericssons been Graded BGS 9x1 and BGS 8.5x1 one of those are mine

8 Filppula been Graded BGS 9.5x2 BGS 9.0x4 BGS 8.5x1 BGS 8.0 x 1

You would have had to know what the pops where before you sent them in, Guess I will have to wait and see, waiting on email with the True results, odds don't look good

But wicked on the Helm

[crpalmi]

Nice job on the grades. Incredibly tough to get high grades on any thick cards like CUP. I've stopped even trying any thick ones all together.

[redwing40]

Nice job on the grades. Incredibly tough to get high grades on any thick cards like CUP. I've stopped even trying any thick ones all together.

Thanks Chris,

Yes the thicker cards are harder to Grade, have a few others I wanted to do, but always found something wrong with it! I took a chance at the Ericsson The Cup RC, little wear on the back corner, surface looked good, Borders I wasnt sure of, gold trim around the Patch looked off!

Well, there is a 9.0 and a 8.5, great if its the 9.0, but with these types of thick cards, maybe a 8.5 is not that bad! considering it is tough to get a good grade on them.

[redwing40]

Bummed out tonight!

8.0 10 SPx Filppula AU/GU
8.5 10 AU The Cup Ericsson AU/GU/RC
9.5 BAP Helm RC

[redwing40]

I'm so upset about my grades that I will not Grade my cards anymore, its just disappointing to have a card that you think is perfect, to find out its not mint, when it looked good when I sent it out! Sorry about my rant! Ugh!!!! Besides the Helm, I'm breaking the seal on the Filppula and Ericsson case when I get them back!

[aceecards]

Grading cards has always proved massively heartbreaking for me too.

Watched graders at shows.

Talked to them

Went home and applied what I learned.

Did the submission to Beckett

and got 8.5 or 8 s on what I thought were 9.5-10's

Vowed to never waste my money again!

[northicehero99]

I'm so upset about my grades that I will not Grade my cards anymore, its just disappointing to have a card that you think is perfect, to find out its not mint, when it looked good when I sent it out! Sorry about my rant! Ugh!!!!  Besides the Helm, I'm breaking the seal on the Filppula and Ericsson case when I get them back!

Paul, that is the downside on grading. If it don't make it, then the card is worth less than before it was slabbed.

Sometimes I wonder though how accurate those graders are, as I have seen 9.5 cards with printers spots on the face an no notation, etc. and vice versa I have seen cards when compared side by side, make no sense how the grades differed in the wrong way. The card that looked gem got a low grade and the card that looked lower grade got mint.

[redwing40]

Just don't make sense, I personally looked at them with a fine tooth comb before I sent them, some of my cards I would never send in because I would find something wrong that the graders would find! Cant wait to see what was wrong with them!

Thanks Steve and Brian for your input!

[redwing40]

Submitted these last month and just got the grades in, guess I'm happy since they are my PC keepers! I will post pictures when I get them!

Really thought the Filppula would at least be a 9.0, man becket is tough!

7616346 2001-02 SPx Rookie Redemption Henrik Zetterberg 9 0.0 NG
7616328 2011-12 SP Authentic Gustav Nyquist AU RC 9 10.0 NG
7616069 2005-06 The Cup Valtteri Filppula JSY AU RC 8.5 10.0 NG
7616059 2008-09 SP Authentic Limited Autographed Patches Jonathan Ericsson 8.5 10.0 NG

[redwing40]

Forgot, here's my next 3!

11-12 SPX Brendan Smith AUTO/GU RC #197 #093/799 BV $25
08-09 The Cup Justin Abdelkader AUTO/PATCH RC #98 #004/249 BV$60
01-02 Vangaurd Pavel Datsyuk RC #109 #339/404 BV $25

[redwing40]

Submitted these last month and just got the grades in, guess I'm happy since they are my PC keepers! I will post pictures when I get them!

Really thought the Filppula would at least be a 9.0, man becket is tough!

7616346 2001-02 SPx Rookie Redemption Henrik Zetterberg 9 0.0 NG
7616328 2011-12 SP Authentic Gustav Nyquist AU RC 9 10.0 NG
7616069 2005-06 The Cup Valtteri Filppula JSY AU RC 8.5 10.0 NG
7616059 2008-09 SP Authentic Limited Autographed Patches Jonathan Ericsson 8.5 10.0 NG

Whoot, one more day I will have them! Maybe bring some luck for tomorrows game!

Expected Delivery By:
May 2, 2013
USPS Tracking / Delivery Confirmation™

[edgerrin32]

If you ask me all of these 3rd party anything out there are garbage! I have PSA 10s and BGS 9.5s that have things wrong with them, I don't have to have a magnifying glass to see it ether! Clear as day. And I have 8's and 9's that are PERFECT! No joke, they look better then the 9.5s and 10's!!! And they say they will not grade fakes, WRONG! Seen those. And cards that never had a auto like card has a auto version and a non auto, see those graded as well. And seen fake patches in graded cases, both PSA and BGS. And as for the autos side of things (authentication) they are even worse! I have seen so many fakes with JSA, PSA/DNA on them its sick. I am just not a fan of someone trying to tell me this auto is real, or this card is this grade and not altered etc. They all are garbage!!!!!!!! No nice way around it. Do as you please but thats how I see it.


Here is a great example of a fake and altered card! That is not even close to Edgerrins auto. Plus all that he signed went from bottom to top on the clear side (he turned the card on its side and then signed them. And they are hand numbered on the front, not a sticker on the back! And they also have a stamp or imprint like punched unto the card on the front, this one didn't! Fleer use to do it with a lot of there autos if you know what im talking about. So did donruss. Im not sure they even looked at this card when they graded it lol. Sadly I bought this back when I first started hard core collecting him, it was one of my first autos, and I believe my first rookie auto. Because his auto has change a lot over the years, but NEVER looked anything close to this. I am so good with his autos now before I ever even click on a listing for a auto of him I can 99% of the time tell you fake or real. Before I ever see a big pic of it, or read about a coa, or anything.











But I now own a new and 100% athentic one! Well as long as it makes it to me.

You should be able to post this link into a new window and it should come up. It won't let me post the image here. If not let me know and I can try to upload it on my site.

http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/showim...mats=0&format=0

[edgerrin32]

Sorry didn't mean to soon so negative! lol

That just how I feel about those companies.

If you like graded card that cool to. I don't want to change your mind for you! I to like graded cards, when they get the grade they should get. I hope you score some nice grades on other cards! I don't know hockey out side of the really big names so I don't know how good or bad you did. But congrats on the 9.5, I know no matter who it is those are always nice!!!

[redwing40]

Sorry didn't mean to soon so negative! lol

That just how I feel about those companies.

If you like graded card that cool to. I don't want to change your mind for you! I to like graded cards, when they get the grade they should get. I hope you score some nice grades on other cards! I don't know hockey out side of the really big names so I don't know how good or bad you did. But congrats on the 9.5, I know no matter who it is those are always nice!!!

No worrys Jason, I understand, I have seen members get there cards graded and come back with bad grades and cried so bad about it that he sold them and left the hobby!
I seen some dings on the corners and some rough edges when I send mine, so the grades are about right on the ones below, but I do have some 9.5s that have a dinged corner, but a 8.5 looked the same! Guess its who grades them that day!

All the cards I have graded and get graded are PC items for life, and then to my kids when I leave this world to pass on to there kids! At least its slabed and sealed, not like a 50-51 Parky of gordie howe stuffed in a shoe box and years later get a 3.0 or something, but still worth bucks! So really in 70 yrs when my grand children have the only Graded 8.5 The Cup filppula AU/RC and only 5 can only be found out of 199, should be worth more than $400 asking price on ebay!

Anyways, There are only two graded Ericssons by BGS, one 9.0 and mine 8.5!
Kind of cool! So here they are!

[northicehero99]

Nice cards, sorry the grades weren't better. That is why I don't like getting cards graded as they are too subjective to whomever is grading them and as said I have seen high grades that should not be and low the same way.