PSA. What a Joke!!

[cammb]

This is what PSA considers a 6.On the front, there is a crease on top right corner and bottom left corner. On the brim of his hat there is what appears to be writing indentation. On the right side below his shoulder there appears to be scratches. On the rear, there is a paper fold in the bottom crease. The card also looks like it is bent. What do you think? Should I break it out to support my suspicions or just leave it.


IMG_3308 by Tony Biviano, on Flickr

[skelly423]

Save your money. It's clearly a bad grading job, but busting it out to get a 3 or 4 hardly seems worth the hassle.

[G1911]

Leave as is. There is no objective truth, there is only the will of PSA. If the anonymous experts say it is a 6, it is a 6. Do not question the experts.

[raulus]

Maybe the superior centering offsets those other obvious flaws, and you sort of average out at a 6.

[yes, I'm joking...]

[perezfan]

Not surprised. It would sell to a “sheeple” for much more than a truly NRMT raw example, so just leave it in its idiotic slab. The emperor’s new clothes always prevail in this “hobby”.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Not surprised. It would sell to a “sheeple” for much more than a truly NRMT raw example, so just leave it in its idiotic slab. The emperor’s new clothes always prevail in this “hobby”.

+1. Buy the number, not the card!
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[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Not surprised. It would sell to a “sheeple” for much more than a truly NRMT raw example, so just leave it in its idiotic slab. The emperor’s new clothes always prevail in this “hobby”.

Heaven forbid anybody foregoes all this slabbing/authentication and can use their own set of eyes and personal experience to draw their own conclusions. Hey, why bother retaining any knowledge whatsoever when a slip of paper in a piece of plastic can do all the work for them?

Sheesh.

[Fred]

Originally Posted by raulus

Maybe the superior centering offsets those other obvious flaws, and you sort of average out at a 6.

[yes, I'm joking...]

hahahaha....

[parkplace33]

100 percent leave it in the slab if you want to maintain value.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

100 percent leave it in the slab if you want to maintain value.

Of the slab, not the card, oh but wait, that's what some of you guys collect, all good then.

Doug

[cammb]

Just like I saw. Card is bent at two locations and has numerous scratches on front.


IMG_3309 by Tony Biviano, on Flickr

[Snowman]

This card was graded a long time ago. Pretty much any cert that begins with a 0 or a 1 is going to be full two grades high when measured against today's standards. This is just another example in a long line of these slabs. Would grade as a 4 today.

[glynparson]

Old grade of a card worth less then $10 who cares.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Snowman

This card was graded a long time ago. Pretty much any cert that begins with a 0 or a 1 is going to be full two grades high when measured against today's standards. This is just another example in a long line of these slabs. Would grade as a 4 today.

Would have only been vg+ before grading came along. Unless it was in a flea market, then more like "mint except for that corner"