Does Beckett or psa keep pictures of the cards they grade?

[gkarkar123]

I was wondering whether these grading companies keep photos of the cards they grade that one can access? Thanks

[1989FF]

No. Well... I should say I've never heard that they do. It would help with scams but increase their labor as they would get requests like crazy. When I made silver bars, I took pics of every bar made. I think Leaf took pics of a patch set they made.

[gkarkar123]

I think it's a good idea when it comes to vintage cards because they are faked the most

[952melvin]

It would be really nice if they could do a nice scan front and back and automate it into their registry. But, that would be a lot of labor.

[ThoseBackPages]

No they do not. That would be too much work

[RichardGasner]

wouldnt it take almost just as much time to put it into a scanner, press a button and it uploads?
Wouldn't you rather use whichever company offered it first? If I was a business, I'd love to do something to increase my clientele base.

[superdan49]

I think a photo scan service is something that people would pay for, especially with higher value vintage. All a potential buyer would then have to do to verify is check the card being sold with the picture in the database.

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[TarjetasBéisbol]

That would be too many files to handle and it would take them keeping track of a needless database so I am not sure why they would even attempt it.

[skippy100]

It's not out of the question that it could be done for every one. NGC over on the certified coin collecting side does it for all new ones, since I believe like 2011. They call it "Security imaging".

[ThoseBackPages]

It's not out of the question that it could be done for every one. NGC over on the certified coin collecting side does it for all new ones, since I believe like 2011. They call it "Security imaging".

i dont follow the coin market, but are they slabbing thousands of coins a day there?

[gkarkar123]

i dont follow the coin market, but are they slabbing thousands of coins a day there?

Good point

[skippy100]

i dont follow the coin market, but are they slabbing thousands of coins a day there?

I would not doubt they do hundreds, if not thousands, of certifications a day. NGC is one of the two top coin certifiers in the industry. The other being PCGS.

[callou2131]

They could charge 5 bucks a card, and I guarantee a lot of people would do it for vintage, Jordan's, jeters,pmgs etc. Would be huge with basketball collectors.