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Fantastic cards, guys!
I don't get the Aaron being a PSA 5, either. Irv is right, that 5 looks nicer than his 7 (not to disparage his 7 at all; it's a nice card, too). I'm going to withhold ripping PSA mercilessly until I see the back of the card, but I really think PSA has gone off the deep end. If I were a PSA grader, or exec, and I saw those two cards side to side, with the grades given, I'd be embarrassed. Hell, I'd be embarrassed that the first card we ever graded was a major F up, but that's just me. "Little" things like consistency, personal convictions/ethics are important to me. And that Dan-dee Mick is gorgeous!
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What was the first card they graded?
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The first card graded was the Gretzky Wagner. Even though the card was trimmed, they still gave the card an 8. I recommend reading the book, The Card
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Oh, I know all about the trimmed Wagner, but I thought they were in business a while before they graded that one.
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Nope. Serial # 00000001
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Right in that it was the first graded card, but it's been re-holdered at least once. The 0's in the original slab had the slashes through them a la dot-matrix style. The slabs you still occasionally see like that are the oldest ones. My guess is it was probably re-holdered before Ken what's his name that owns the Diamondbacks bought it.
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I understand that ; that's why I said "if I were a PSA grader", I'd be embarrassed. Their inconsistency is awful. What they graded a 7 not real long ago is now less appealing than what they give a 5 now.
That is a black mark on them, if you ask me. Their wild inconsistency now makes cards with older slabs less valuable. A little bit of variance is ok, but the difference between those two cards is staggering, and completely unacceptable.
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