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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
I guess there can be very very subtle wrinkles or paper defects. I remember many years ago I bought a Goudey card in a 4 that looked like a 7 from a guy who is now the head of a major auction house, and he said he had looked it over multiple times and had no idea why PSA had hammered it. I guess for me the question is, is whatever it is so subtle that another grading company might miss it, or wouldn't take off 4 grades for it with the card obviously so visually appealing, but that's probably a fool's game.
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Once a card is in the holder it is much more difficult to find flaws, imo. If someone is not great at assessing raw cards they will be horrible assessing them once they are entombed.
I have never been lucky enough to have a TPG not take off a 4 grade deficit for a flaw on an otherwise immaculate card. With that said, no TPG is immune from seeing things that might not actually be there. Sometimes it is nothing more than interpretation of some anomaly.