I rightfully have grievances about the top pair here, and I don't know what's going on with the 1968 Mantle.
• The Winfield rookie is a wrong back card, so after talking with them about it, here was the reply:
"The Winfield would be labeled as wrong back and get an A."
But they graded it a 6.5, even though they told me directly it would only get an 'authentic,' as I wanted it to. WTF??
• The Brett rookie is just a cool, wildly miscut card that I was under the impression would also only get the 'authentic' grade. The card itself is pretty sweet, but they number-graded it an SGC 1, presumably because of how miscut it is. Argh!!! What's the point of that? Everyone can see it's crazy cut, so I wanted nothing more than an 'A.' Were I ever to sell it, how would I explain it? All anyone is going to see is an SGC 1 grade
PLUS it's terribly cut, making it fall into the negative number grade category for anyone looking at it. Geez.
• And the 1968 Mantle got an 'A?' grade. What in high heck is that? Questionable authenticity?? Do they think it's a fake? Hopefully, the slab will have an explanatory word present.
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