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03-18-2007 06:20 PM |
Ode to PSA 5...
Posted By: <b>Frank Evanov</b><p>While cleaning out my desk, I came upon this little thing I wrote 2 years ago. With the long running thread on Ted Z's PSA 5 Evers, it seemed a good time to air this one out:<BR><BR><br /><br /><B>"April is the cruelest month"...Eliot<br /><br /> <br /><br />"PSA 5 is the cruelest grade"...Evanov</B><br /><br /><br />We've all had one, you must agree. A card so sharp, a pleasure to see.<br /><br />A card just oozing color...so nifty. Its centering?..oh yes, ...its fifty-fifty!<br /><br />And corners, so knife-like under 10X, they won't pass security at LAX.<br /><br />This one's no Nine, no Nine's this fine. An Eight you say? My God, no way!<br /><br />A Seven has flaws, a Six has wear...this guy's a Ten, pristine, I declare!<br /><br />Two day service....well worth the price. This pristine blazer is oh so nice.<br /><br />The email says: "Your grades are ready". Get ready fingers...steady... steady.<br /><br />Type in the sub, then my zip 11035, my card is graded... a PSA 5?<br /><br />What's this? No way! It cannot be! Why has PSA done this to me?<br /><br />The days drag, the mail is so slow. But Friday does come and the box does show.<br /><br />Black light, high power, now let's re-scan it. A 5? PSA 5? no way... goddammit.<br /><br />This weekend, Hofstra, I'll go to the show. PSA is there, they'll change it, I know.<br /><br />So Saturday at ten, past Gehrig and Ruth, I run fast as I can to the PSA booth.<br /><br />"My card is a ten, gem mint can't you see?" "Re-grade it now please, no matter the fee".<br /><br />The grader peers, his eyes in a crinkle. "Right here...on the back a 1/4 inch wrinkle"!!<br /><br />Sadly, I leave, walk out...hail a cab. As soon as I'm home, I crack out that slab.<br /><br />My card is now free, I've done my duty. Don't care what they say, my card is a beauty!<br><br>Frank
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