This Ted Williams game worn jersey from his triple crown season was given Mears A8, 2 points deducted for trimming. To my eyes, the jersey looks so much smaller than other same era jersey, and perhaps more than 25% of the jersey was cut off. I wonder what Dave would grade this jersey as.
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To me, this would be the equivalent to the qualifier grade in PSA card grading system. So an A8 qualifier is not better than an A5