New CGC 9.5 Crossgrade to PSA

[Beongeist]

Does anyone have any experience with crossgrading CGC black 9.5s to PSA? What have been your results?

[mrbubbles]

Maybe you will find this thread useful on the topic of cross grading. This was discussing BGS to PSA but I think the sentiments overall regarding cross grading can be similar.

1st Ed zard BGS 9 crossover to PSA 9

Hi all, This question has been asked before but it’s been a few years. I’m potentially looking at crossing my Quad BGS 9 1st Ed zard to a PSA 9. I’m looking at using the cross over service as I’m not interested in cracking the slab. Should I select a lower service level and then just pay the upcharges if it is accepted as a PSA 9? Or do they upcharge the service level regardless if it crosses or not. Would also be open to hearing people’s experiences with the crossover service, particular whe…

Cheers!

[wisewailmer]

If you cherry pick the very best ones you’ll be fine. Grading is too random to give you any generalized results.

[neverforget50in07]

CGC Vintage Pokémon & Yu-Gi-Oh! Return From Hell

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What pretty much happened is he turned a CGC 9.5 creatures deck Zapdos into PSA 9 through crossgrading, then resent to CGC and it became a CGC 9. He finally cracked the CGC 9 then resent to CGC and now its a CGC 7.5.

Crossgrading is a gamble

[Beongeist]

Shoot that sucks. I still want to take the gamble if there is at least a 20% chance of a 10.

[handschoen]

And the winner is…
The grading companies!