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Old 12-06-2024, 09:54 AM
MikeGarcia MikeGarcia is offline
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Originally Posted by ChiSoxCardboard View Post
An unusual foray into pre-war for me, first Goudey pickups for my personal collection. Crazy to me that these are the same grade. Nothing about the backs explains it. Earnshaw looks like a 2.5 at best to me, Durham 4 or even 5. Any thoughts?


.. There were no half-grades at P S A for many many years . The grader had to give it a "2" or a "3". Count your blessings on that one.
Us veterans of the grading-is-god era out here , well , we've most of us have given up second-guessing the wide wide world of the older PSA 2, PSA 3, and PSA 4. The graders see things that we peasants do not see , and they have standards that tie their hands. Eye appeal versus that little number up in the corner can give us buyers out here a really good deal sometimes. On these two , ya done good , kid.

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