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Originally Posted by RayBShotz
Anyone have any experience with PSA lately in grading strip cards; W examples specifically.
How are they generally treating cards:
1. Torn from the strip
2 uneven edge cuts
3 oversized
Trying to avoid authentic grade if possible if I were to submit.
I’ve seen plenty of older PSA slabs with one or more of the above features in holders with numeric grades.
Is it fair to say their tendencies are still the same on obviously hand cut cards or have they been opting for more often now the authentic designation?
Thoughts (other than don’t submit in the first place and leave them raw)😉
I’ll look forward to your thoughtful comments on your experiences.
Thanks
RayB
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I've complained about this elsewhere, but I'll gripe here too. PSA is very inconsistent with its grading of strip cards. A couple very general observations:
1) The old standards were looser than the current standards.
2) Even under the current standards, numeric grading of strip cards is arbitrary and depends on which underpaid, overworked graders you happen to draw.
The 1926 W511 Unnumbered set doesn't have dotted lines and the individual cards are smaller than some of their numbered counterparts. The Lindbergh below received a PSA 6; the Ruth didn't qualify for a numeric grade (minimum size not met).
lf copy.jpeg
1926 W511 Ruth PSA Front.jpg
For the W512 panels below, the first one has vibrant color, but received a 3 even though the upper right corner is torn, leaving very little border. The second one is faded and received a 4, presumably for its sharp corners, but the bottom border was cut unevenly, encroaching on the border that separated the Ruth from the row beneath it. Another grader could easily have slapped an Authentic grade on this one.
W512 PSA 3.jpeg
Busted PSA 4 W512 Strip.jpeg