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Old 02-04-2025, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by JollyElm View Post
I have three PSA 8 ST and a PSA 7 ST 1964 Stand Ups, so to me the qualifiers were great (especially since the wax/gum residue is on the blank backs), because they reflected the 'actual' grades of the cards themselves.

Maybe reach out to PSA to see if they are still issuing stain qualifiers on those cards, or to SGC to ask how much a stain affects the number grade? Outside of that, I would imagine the (non-scientific) rule of thumb is to drop it two number grades from what it would otherwise deserve??
Thank You! You kind of confirmed my assumptions, I don't grade much at all so completely forgot about qualifiers. Shooting an email to SGC but will probably just go the Raw route with these


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Originally Posted by quitcrab View Post
You referred to them as an insert set. They are not inserts. They sold in one cent (one card) and five cent wax packs I think. So any thing in a one cent wax pack will have a stain on the back and the bottom card of a 5 cent wax pack
I think psa should not label cards as ST because that’s the way they came out if the pack if that makes sense. I truely don’t mind a little dark brown stain on the back because the fronts are beautiful.. if grading I think you’re better off getting the higher number grade with the stain qualifier…. Just my opinion
I totally agree. Also did not know about these being a separate release; Makes so much more sense on why there's SO MUCH WAX on them!
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