PSA Submission--3 of 1250 rejected

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Posted By: JimCrandell

My recent submission to PSA of 1250 cards continued the pattern of all recent sizable submissions--about .2 to .4 of 1% altered(all trimmed).

No rhyme or reason to what is trimmed--a 1925 Rothman's non-sport, 1968 KDKA Donn Clendenon and near HOFer Tommy Reynolds(1969 Topps).

Unless one believes that PSA cannot accurately identify trimmed cards these seem like pretty low percentages.

Roughly 200 of the 1250 were pre-war.

Jim

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Posted By: Red

How many trimmed cards were you hoping for?

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Posted By: dan mckee

Jim I am very disappointed, I thought you would trim the more expensive cards. Dan.

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Posted By: Dave F

I for one Jim don't put as much stock in what PSA says...I would venture a guess that quite a few of the PSA slabbed cards would in fact be deemed trimmed by SGC.

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Posted By: dan mckee

For the record, I am kidding and not implying that Jim trims cards. He pokes at me in a friendly way sometimes and I am just poking back a little. Dan.

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Posted By: Dave F

I don't think Jim trims cards either...I just think he is a little delusional in thinking that few of his high grade cards were trimmed...now send them to SGC for crossover Jim!

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Posted By: Tim Newcomb

in referring to Tommie Reynolds (lifetime BA .226 with 12 home runs) as a "near HOFer"

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Posted By: barrysloate

Hi Jim- that's an excellent result but I thought that PSA was not allowed to take a card already holdered and lower the grade. Aren't you are talking about their program of reexamining cards for half grade bumps? I'm confused.

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Posted By: JimCrandell

Obviously I am kidding about Tommie Reynolds although he was my starting left fielder for the A's in 1965 Strat-O-Matic.

I would guess over the past five years I have submitted 10,000 cards with perhaps 20 or so altered.

Dan--I know you love the graded cards so I knew you would be interested in this

Would SGC have rejected more--who knows? I doubt it. I am not going to play "musical grader" however to find out.

And I did get a small number of prewar 10s(not SGC 10s--PSA 10s).

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Posted By: JimCrandell

Barry,

No--my other deal is I am submitting the 25,000 or so PSA 8s I have in stages to PSA for review. Giving them my 48 card 1933 Goudey Sport King set(all 8s) next week.

These are all raw. Have a few more thousand raw I will submit--try to do about 2,500 per year.

Jim

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Posted By: barrysloate

The 1933 Sport Kings set is my favorite from the 1930's. You have all 48 in PSA 8- that's really amazing.

And I played Strat-O-Matic every day in 1965, but I didn't order all the teams. I doubt I had the A's- they weren't very good.

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Posted By: Todd Schultz

"Obviously I am kidding about Tommie Reynolds although he was my starting left fielder for the A's in 1965 Strat-O-Matic."

See Jim, there was your mistake. You should have started Jose Tartabull--that way the '65 A's would have only lost, say, 98 games instead of 100. Heck, you may have been better off starting Debbie Reynolds than Tommie.

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Posted By: JimCrandell

Todd,

Maybe so--as I recall, Mike Herschberger was in right, Jim Landis in center and my other left field option was Santiago Rosario. The only bright spot for the team was Campy Campaneris as leadoff hitter.

I acually played up to the All-Star break for both Leagues. I loved the game--liked it so much I recently bought the 2004 version and have played 7 games(all teams).

Jim

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Posted By: barrysloate

Hershberger and Landis played for the White Sox. I remember Landis because he was a centerfielder with a fielding rating of "1"

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Posted By: JimCrandell

Barry,

Sorry you were wrong on this one. I have the A's player cards in my hands. Landis is the centerfielder with a rating of 1 in center field. Hershberger is the right fielder with a 2 rating. Nelson Mathews is the other backup outfielder. A weak hitting poor pitching poor fielding team. Also in last place in my standings.

Jim

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Posted By: cmoking

"Roughly 200 of the 1250 were pre-war."

Jim, from which sets? And what kind of grades did you get?

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Posted By: Ryan Christoff

Jim,

Glad to hear you're trying to start a collection of non-altered cards. You should be able to build a great collection in a short amount of time if you pursue it with the same passion that you did with your other collection.

Thanks for posting those results. I can't wait to see the results of your past submissions from your other collection when you post them. It will be interesting to compare.

-Ryan

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Posted By: JimCrandell

Ryan,

Save your breath and save your insults. I am resubmitting virtually all my cards for regrading at PSA as part of the half grsde valuation.--I don't expect to get many returns.

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Posted By: barrysloate

Jim- Landis and Hershberger were on that 1964 White Sox. I guess they were both traded by 1965. Superstars they were not.

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Posted By: Steve

January 20, 1965: Jim Landis traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Chicago White Sox with a player to be named later and Mike Hershberger to the Kansas City Athletics. The Chicago White Sox sent Cam Carreon to the Cleveland Indians. The Cleveland Indians sent Tommy John, Tommie Agee, and Johnny Romano to the Chicago White Sox. The Kansas City Athletics sent Rocky Colavito to the Cleveland Indians. The Chicago White Sox sent Fred Talbot (February 10, 1965) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade.


Jim did you get all 8's? (or better)


Steve

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Posted By: JimCrandell

Steve,

On all 1250?

No, I misjudged a few.

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Posted By: Steve

Jim

Yeah, I was wondering what pct of the cards got 8 or better.


Steve

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Posted By: JimCrandell

Steve,

Did not add up--probably 45-50% of my prewar cards I submitted and 60% or so of post war. Some I submitted were dupes and was just trying for a 7.

Low percentages on 71 Milk Dud Boxes and 68 KDKA Pirates but High on early 70s Bskbl.

Jim