My first Degree submission made on Oct. 29, 2025 has returned home on Jan. 16, 2026.
I took advantage of the Degree’ Halloween special and sent five cards to be graded at a low cost of $10.
Four were graded as my submitted Jason Heyward card was thick and at the time Degree was not grading those.
So now to compare the submission to my Beckett submissions.
Degree scores a point for returning my card holders. It makes sense to return them to the customer in my opinion as they can be reused.
Beckett does not return them.
As for encapsulation, I think I like Beckett’s better but there is nothing wrong with Degree. If someone was selling a card I really wanted graded by Degree I would purchase it.
Now as for the grading, I think the personalized Grading Analysis pamphlet that Degree includes is a great tool.
It contains your name and highlights the pros and cons that added up to the card’s grading score.
Three of my four cards were Sparkling Degree 9 cards. They are a 2006 Fleer Tradition Sepia San Diego Padres card Jake Peavy; a 2013 New York Mets David Wright Allen & Ginter card, and a 2014 Topps Allen& Ginter Ozzie Smith card.
My 2008 Topps Hunter Pence Houston Astros’ card nailed a Degree 8.
The pamphlet highlights the issues.
It appears my Peavy card was the only one with perfect centering but the corners and edges were not mint.
But not bad for a 20-year old card that has been in a plastic page for two decades.
My Pence card was the only one with a less than perfect surface and Wright had centering issues as did the Ozzie card.
All in all not bad. I have a second Degree submission due back soon. Regardless of where Degree ranks on the collector’s preference scale, I’m a fan and will use them again.
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