How We Grade
Beneath the quiet name sits exacting work. Four appraisals decide the mark — the same four every serious house examines, held to Beaumont’s rigor. The customer sees the name; the engine sees everything.
Is it true? Borders measured — not eyeballed — front and back.
Are they sharp? All four under magnification. The weakest carries weight.
Are they clean? Chipping, whitening, and nicks along every edge.
Is it honest? Read under raking light: scratches, print, gloss, indentation.
A card cannot wear a higher mark than its weakest appraisal allows — one soft corner can’t hide behind three perfect ones. No guesswork. No house favors.
The Instrument
The mark is what the world sees. Beneath it runs a full 1,000-point instrument — as precise as the most technical grader in the hobby, kept private by design.
Four appraisals, each scored to 250, resolve to a single figure out of 1,000. We do not wear the number on the label. We earn the name with it.
| House | Resolution |
|---|---|
| PSA | 10 grades |
| Beckett / BGS | 10 grades + 4 subgrades |
| AGS | 100 points |
| TAG | 1,000 points |
| Beaumont | 1,000 points — resolved to a name |
How We Grade
Beneath the quiet name sits exacting work. Four appraisals decide the mark — the same four every serious house examines, held to Beaumont’s rigor. The customer sees the name; the engine sees everything.
Is it true? Borders measured — not eyeballed — front and back.
Are they sharp? All four under magnification. The weakest carries weight.
Are they clean? Chipping, whitening, and nicks along every edge.
Is it honest? Read under raking light: scratches, print, gloss, indentation.
A card cannot wear a higher mark than its weakest appraisal allows — one soft corner can’t hide behind three perfect ones. No guesswork. No house favors.
The Instrument
The mark is what the world sees. Beneath it runs a full 1,000-point instrument — as precise as the most technical grader in the hobby, kept private by design.
Four appraisals, each scored to 250, resolve to a single figure out of 1,000. We do not wear the number on the label. We earn the name with it.
| House | Resolution |
|---|---|
| PSA | 10 grades |
| Beckett / BGS | 10 grades + 4 subgrades |
| AGS | 100 points |
| TAG | 1,000 points |
| Beaumont | 1,000 points — resolved to a name |