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Originally Posted by cgjackson222
Wow those bottom corners on the card from the right (the one sold by Goldin) are BAD. Just goes to show that just because you put it in a new slab does not mean people are going to pay (much) more money for it. You can't polish a turd.
Damn, that really shows you just how much grading has changed since 2014. Great side-by-side comparison.
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Ya, they have moved the goalposts on us by quite a bit. It's a shame. The crazy thing is that there are even some graders at PSA today that would put that Mantle on the right in a PSA 3 holder (though I doubt they'd be the ones who actually get to grade it, surely that would be Reza). But they are definitely there, and I've gotten some cards recently that are nicer than this Mantle in PSA 3 holders (all of which I cracked out and got grade bumps from).
I'm not sure though which standard I prefer. I suppose it's somewhat arbitrary, but the lack of consistency is a major problem. Maybe the card on the right *should* be the 5 and the one on the left *should* be a 6? I don't know, but with today's standards, the one on the left is a 5 and the one on the right is a low-end 4 at best.