If I'm the only one who remembers / misses this page, forgive me - but Mr. Moreland (who I think is a member here, though all the posts I have found are old - if so Hi Bruce - I don't think we've ever actually talked...) back sometime along about 15+ years ago had compiled an INCREDIBLE vintage grading guide, complete with pictures and detailed scans.
His original site has long since disappeared, though the text for grading standards had been copied at some point and appears today in other places on the inter-webs - if you look hard enough. The original page however, was a very valuable tool, around the time that TPG services were just coming to the forefront and PSA in particular was gaining a ton of popularity. It explained a wealth of information about grading, grading opinions, and questions for the greater good. I used his guide and visited the site frequently, and have missed it in the years since it disappeared.
Anywho, some type of random inspiration late last night led me to try something, and it actually worked -
1. Go to the internet archive / Wayback Machine at this location -
http://archive.org/web/web.php
2. Once on that site, put this address into THEIR search bar -
http://www.brucemo.com:80/cards/articles/grading.htm
And...voila! - from this you will be able to pull back several different archived versions of Mr. Moreland's original page - complete with pictures / scans. I literally did a little jig when I discovered that this still existed somewhere last night - what kind of card grading nerd am I?
A bit of a disclaimer - this page at least in showing PSA cards was done a bit on the earlier side. The slabs that Bruce uses as examples are all a bit dated by today's standards with old flips. I wonder if he is out there, what he would have to say / make of all of the discussion on PSA's supposed "tougher" standards here in 2018?
Food for thought / something that I thought would be neat to checkout...
Thanks,
-John