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Posted By: macboube

If you examine the 18 PSA 10's and 70 or so PSA 9's that we have had graded recently, knowing all are fresh from the same packs, you can definetely pick out several 9's that appear as good (if not better) than some of the 10's. In our pre-submission evaluations we use calipers, intense and proper lighting, and jeweler's loops. We feel that of those 70 or so 9's, at least 15 of them are as good as any on the 18 tens. Again, it appears PSA and many of you (The Prewar vintage baseball guys) feel that a GEM MINT grade 10 has this aura about it and needs preservation for the select few and far between. Not grading a card that qualifies well within PSA's grading guidelines a 10 because of this is nonsense. Duh!

p.s. - It is plainly obvious that many (not all) of the prewar dudes here don't see many 10's in anything, as they are freaking out ecstatically with a T206 or the like that gets a grade 3 or 4.