Are Mantle cards given higher grades?

[Clemaz]

The Feller is mine. The Mantle is on Ebay. How can these two have the same grade?





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[sflayank]

Mantle should be a 2

[Den*nis O*Brien]

---reflects very badly on PSA. I hope they monitor the Net54 threads and are mortified at this example. I agree... but even the 2 grade would be somewhat generous. Certainly this example is not a confidence builder encouraging a potential customer to send their cards away for 6 months or more.

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by Den*nis O*Brien

---reflects very badly on PSA. I hope they monitor the Net54 threads and are mortified at this example. I agree... but even the 2 grade would be somewhat generous. Certainly this example is not a confidence builder encouraging a potential customer to send their cards away for 6 months or more.

The Mantle is an older flip. Also the cards are from two different sets. To be fair you should either compare two '63's or two 53's....not one of each. But yes, the Mantle is overgraded.

[Clemaz]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

The Mantle is an older flip. Also the cards are from two different sets. To be fair you should either compare two '63's or two 53's....not one of each. But yes, the Mantle is overgraded.

Ok, here is another 1963
PSA 4 on EBay



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[Fuddjcal]

The 63 Mantle is a 1 at best. Probably a fake flip because not even PWCC et all cheater effers can get that grade, for that card from that cartel PERIOD

The Feller 4 is very nice. Could have a surface wrinkle that accounts for the lower grade, but what do I know?

[drcy]

Yes, I think the Mantle has a bad grade.

[perezfan]

Don't look for logic with that company. They are all over the place, and are not consistent. Yes, cards graded early in the game were not graded as harshly as today. But still I have seen infinite examples of "2s" that look far better than "4s".

And even more altered cards in numbered sabs that sell for far more than legitimate mid-grade examples. It all depends upon who is submitting, and it appears you may not be a "preferred" submitter.

[Jobu]

Not a defender of PSA here, but I would assume that slab was cut open and then glued shut with a different card in it bc that is pretty egregious.

[steve B]

They have some new technology to help speed things up.

[Huysmans]

To answer the OP's question.... Yes!
You just stumbled upon one of the greatest conspiracies!

Captured by enemy spacecraft with his death faked, Elvis was taken and brainwashed by hostile, card-collecting aliens who schemed to install him at PSA as a grader, to have every single card of JUST Mickey Mantle - their favourite player - given higher, undeserving grades to drive up the market!!

These are the same aliens who are responsible for the Hindenburg disaster, Jack the Ripper, the JFK assassination and Taylor Swift.

.... If you look closely, you can see Jimmy Hoffa waving from the window of their spaceship.

[Republicaninmass]

Lol

If anything I've seen stars get LOWER grades.


However for every conspiracy, there is an example otherwise.

[bbcard1]

I suspect if you knew who the submitter was, the answer would slap you right in the face.

[2dueces]

Here’s a perfect example of buy the card and not the holder