Hello $incere, You will do well with both PCGS and NGC. NGC is my personal favorite only because I like the white colored slabs. In my experience, NGC has been a little harder on the red designation. For example, I have a proof Indian that is designated red in a PCGS holder but NGC contends that it is RB. I've had several people disagree with me about NGC being hard on red. Still, it has been my experience. NGC is very consistent in my experience. When you do get pictures of your pattern pieces, please post them on this thread. Very best regards, collect89
100% agreed............ ........and Jack brings up another good point. It is widely agreed as of late that NGC is the better of the two but the PCGS slab will almost always catch the bigger dollar faster