BGS Final Grade Calculation

[Eef97]

Just wanting to know what everyone would think that a card with the following subgrades overall grade should be:

Surface 9.5
Centering 9.5
Corners 8.5
Edges 8.5

Those are the four subgrades. What should the final BGS grade overall be?

Thanks

 

[DaProspectKid]

Bgs 9 imo

 

[ThoseBackPages]

8.5 possibly a 9

 

[JVC]

Those 4 subgrades will result in a 9. BGS does not average the subs out to calculate the final grade but rather they follow a certain algorithm. The minimum to achieve a 9.5 is 9.5, 9.5, 9.5, 9 or 10, 10, 10, 8.5.

 

[Nikobaseball]

Pretty sure that's an 8.5

A 9 9 10 10 is a 9 right? It doesn't just work based on averages...

zach

 

[Eef97]

I thought it should have been a 9 as well, it came back as an 8.5 Should I contact them about it or just leave it be? You made a good point though, a 9.5 9.5 10 10 is a 9.5 so it does make sense looking at it that way.

 

[JVC]

Pretty sure that's an 8.5

A 9 9 10 10 is a 9 right? It doesn't just work based on averages...

zach

You're right. I misread the subs. As a 9.5, 9.5, 10, 10 is also a 9.5.

 

[Nikobaseball]

I thought it should have been a 9 as well, it came back as an 8.5 Should I contact them about it or just leave it be? You made a good point though, a 9.5 9.5 10 10 is a 9.5 so it does make sense looking at it that way.

It's an 8.5. It's just how it works. They can't do anything about it, sorry.

 

[Eef97]

Well honestly an 8.5 with that high of subs doesn't bother me though. It is a difficult card to get graded high anyways so I am actually pretty happy about it.

I sent a 2007 Allen & Ginter Albert Pujols Auto and it graded the BGS 8.5 with those subs.

My friend sent in a 2010 Allen & Ginter Albert Pujols Auto and it graded awesome at BGS 9.5 with three 9.5 and one 10 subgrade.

So overall it was a good experience.

 

[DaProspectKid]

ya i was gonna say 8.5 /9. But hey if you really want crack and resubmit whats the worst that can happen comes back a 8.5 again never hurts to try.

 

[Sweetness]

8.5. - if the 2 9.5's subs were 10's then it would be a 9

 

[jet0002]

Well honestly an 8.5 with that high of subs doesn't bother me though. It is a difficult card to get graded high anyways so I am actually pretty happy about it.

I sent a 2007 Allen & Ginter Albert Pujols Auto and it graded the BGS 8.5 with those subs.

My friend sent in a 2010 Allen & Ginter Albert Pujols Auto and it graded awesome at BGS 9.5 with three 9.5 and one 10 subgrade.

So overall it was a good experience.

Actually I believe Edges and Corners are weighed more than Centering and Surface. Both are 8.5 here, which gives you an 8.5 overall. I'm not completely positive though.

 

[f2tornado]

In general (perhaps 98% of BGS grades) the overall card grade will be no higher than the second lowest subgrade. Further, the card will rarely grade higher than a half point above the lowest subgrade. Exceptions exist but are not often seen (eg. 10,10,10,8.5 = 9.5)

In the OP's case of 9.5, 9.5, 8.5, 8.5, the second lowest subgrade is an 8.5 and that is the final grade. If one of those 8.5's would have been a 9 or 9.5 then the card would score a 9.