BGS / Beckett
Beckett Grading Services. Known for subgrades + the iconic Black Label 10. Acquired by Collectors (PSA’s parent) 2025-12-15. Re-ingested 2026-04-18.
Fast facts
- Scale: 1 → 10 with half-grades at 0.5 increments the whole way up. Unlike PSA, BGS does issue 9.5 (“Gem Mint 9.5” is the most common collector benchmark).
- Top grade: Black Label 10 — requires all four subgrades (centering, corners, edges, surface) to be 10. Distinct from a regular Pristine 10.
- Subgrades: four categorical grades on the slab. Overall grade = lowest subgrade, with a ceiling of 0.5 above it (documented in our data.json: “max 0.5 above lowest subgrade”).
- New in 2025:Single Grade (no subgrades) service tier for collectors who don’t want subgrade breakdown.
- Pricing model: flat per-card, no value-based upcharges — a structural difference from PSA.
- Public API: none. Cert lookup is a web form. Our binder links out to
beckett.com/grading/card-lookupfor manual verification.
Current service tiers
| Tier | Price | TAT (bd) | Subgrades |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single Grade | $14.95 | 75 | No |
| Base | $17.95 | 75 | Yes |
| Standard | $34.95 | 45 | Yes |
| Express | $79.95 | 15 | Yes |
| Priority | $124.95 | 5 | Yes |
Flat pricing — no declared-value upcharges. BCCG grades are not equivalentto BGS (different scale, different slab, “Beckett Collectors Club Grading” — essentially a budget tier). Don’t cross-reference comps.
Collectors acquisition — what changed
Announced 2025-12-15. Collectors now owns PSA + BGS + SGC— roughly 79-80% of trading-card grading market share. Beckett officially “remains independent” with unchanged pricing, but FTC referral + antitrust attention are active. Worth watching for:
- ·BGS-specific tier changes that align with PSA’s pricing ladder
- ·Cert database consolidation (hasn’t happened yet)
- · Population report data harmonization
Source + re-ingest trigger
beckett.com/grading-pricing-turnaroundtimes
Re-ingest: on any pricing page update, new /news/* TAT post, FTC outcome, any announced API launch.