PSA VG 3 with a corner missing.......

[Brian Van Horn]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1933-Goudey-...item487a890f12

[ullmandds]

I love it! People pay...for PSA!!!!

[Leon]

Flesh wound.

[gregr2]

3 ????? WOW. That's a big missing chunk.

[vthobby]

The VG in this case refers to ("Very Good" to have your money!).



Mike

[frankbmd]

The card is graded correctly and labeled appropriately as a "Hack".

[D.P.Johnson]

That's wild...

[Tao_Moko]

Its crazy people pay for grades with any tpg. Absolutely crazy. There's zero chance of a long term investment on graded cards paid at graded prices.

[freakhappy]

What corner??? Maybe it was only created with three corners

Originally Posted by Tao_Moko

Its crazy people pay for grades with any tpg. Absolutely crazy. There's zero chance of a long term investment on graded cards paid at graded prices.

Not sure I agree completely, but clearly in this case.

[Tao_Moko]

Originally Posted by Gobucsmagic74

Not sure I agree completely, but clearly in this case.

I'm sure some purchases will do well, when the card is undergraded

[EvilKing00]

ok so is this a fake flip or just PSA botching this grade up badly??

[pcoz]

Originally Posted by Tao_Moko

Its crazy people pay for grades with any tpg. Absolutely crazy. There's zero chance of a long term investment on graded cards paid at graded prices.

This may be true for modern cards, but I'd never pay any high end money for any prewar card that wasn't slabbed. With all the trimming & tampering that happens, anything that wasn't third party endorsed wouldn't get my money. Most people buy the card, some the holder. But, for me, I've seen cards I've bought for investment in a holder go up considerably, while others I enjoy for my collection hold their value while being protected in the holder. The PSA 3 here mentioned was an obvious error, as we're all human. But, for protection, resale value, I trust the tpg's for my cards unquestionably.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by pcoz

This may be true for modern cards, but I'd never pay any high end money for any prewar card that wasn't slabbed. With all the trimming & tampering that happens, anything that wasn't third party endorsed wouldn't get my money. Most people buy the card, some the holder. But, for me, I've seen cards I've bought for investment in a holder go up considerably, while others I enjoy for my collection hold their value while being protected in the holder. The PSA 3 here mentioned was an obvious error, as we're all human. But, for protection, resale value, I trust the tpg's for my cards unquestionably.

For the most part I agree with you Pete. But certainly not always. I absolutely will sell these as graded if they ever sell....but if I didn't buy raw I wouldn't have them. And we're not talking common T207 prices here...Cards can go up in value if they are raw too, btw.

[ajjohnsonsoxfan]

Originally Posted by pcoz

This may be true for modern cards, but I'd never pay any high end money for any prewar card that wasn't slabbed. With all the trimming & tampering that happens, anything that wasn't third party endorsed wouldn't get my money. Most people buy the card, some the holder. But, for me, I've seen cards I've bought for investment in a holder go up considerably, while others I enjoy for my collection hold their value while being protected in the holder. The PSA 3 here mentioned was an obvious error, as we're all human. But, for protection, resale value, I trust the tpg's for my cards unquestionably.

+1

[HRBAKER]

I don't see the issue

VG - Very Generous

[DixieBaseball]

Ok... I would love to pile on, but I have been told by TPG's that vintage cards that are VG generally can have one bad corner. Now, I think they are taking that a little too far with the Hack, but check this out... Consistent, no?

[freakhappy]

Originally Posted by DixieBaseball

Ok... I would love to pile on, but I have been told by TPG's that vintage cards that are VG generally can have one bad corner. Now, I think they are taking that a little too far with the Hack, but check this out... Consistent, no?

I think you are right and honestly, there isn't much difference from the op's (and yours) card in question and a card that has massive corner wear graded the same grade. I mean, isn't some or most of these rounded corners missing their corners too? In this case, It's just not as symmetrical as most...they're just downright nasty like someone ripped it off.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by DixieBaseball

Ok... I would love to pile on, but I have been told by TPG's that vintage cards that are VG generally can have one bad corner. Now, I think they are taking that a little too far with the Hack, but check this out... Consistent, no?

That shouldn't have been a 3 either.

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by DixieBaseball

Ok... I would love to pile on, but I have been told by TPG's that vintage cards that are VG generally can have one bad corner. Now, I think they are taking that a little too far with the Hack, but check this out... Consistent, no?

Brian should change the title of this thread and add this scan to the first post.

[Econteachert205]

Could a computer be programmed to grade cards in a more efficient and consistent manner? The computer could hi res scan a card and have a program built in to detect flaws and doctoring, and spit out a grade. That grade could be quickly double checked by a human as quality control then finalized. Possible?