How to turn a PSA 9 Rickey Henderson into a PSA 7....lol

[Mrvintage]

Here are the before and after scans of the PSA 9 Henderson rookie I cracked and submitted that came back a 7.....enjoy

[MattyC]

That's crazy. Very hard to stomach that; feel for you, bro.

They would definitely flag the tiny blemishes in the A's pennant if reviewed for a bump in the 9 holder. That's a tough 10 to land.

It's a beautiful card, regardless. When it comes to nice Rickey RC's, I feel like Mel Gibson in CONSPIRACY THEORY with Catcher In The Rye; the way he felt compelled to buy every copy he saw

[Mrvintage]

Here are a couple of PSA 10's to show what one looks like.

[MattyC]

Ew.

Just... Ew.

I mean the tilt, the centering on those?

Just goes to show how crazy and subjective the whole grading game is.

Call me nuts, but I'd take these two 9s pictured below all day over those "10s." I would also take the 9/7 in the top post over both of those 10s.

[ullmandds]

I could just picture old Rickey lifting that PSA 9 turned 7 over his head proclaiming..."this is the greatest card ever!!!!!"

[Bosox Blair]

This is a Pre-War forum...

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by Bosox Blair

This is a Pre-War forum...

+1

[Peter_Spaeth]

I'm sure the same thing happens repeatedly on prewar cards too, so the fact that it's a post-war card is not really material to the point. That said, not sure we needed a second thread, we get that the OP got burned on a crackout and that grading is often arbitrary.

[smtjoy]

When you play the grading game, the winner is the grading company.

Your 9 is nice but I would never have cracked it as I don't think it had any chance at a 10. The 10's you show are terrible and it's no wonder why you see all the conspiracy theory threads about big submitter's getting 10's and you get a 7.

I also like seeing these threads in the main/prewar forum as it pertains to all card grading and it's easy to skip the thread as the title was very clear.

[MattyC]

I agree this thread is not really about 1980 Hendersons.

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by Bosox Blair

This is a Pre-War forum...

Who peed in your cheerios?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

Who peed in your cheerios?

I happen to agree with him though the train has left the station now...

[glchen]

I would re-examine the card that you got back in a 7 closely. Sometimes, and this is just a completely outta of the sky hypothesis w/ absolutely nothing to back it up, but I think the graders now and then may have "doctor's" handwriting, where they might have written a 9 very sloppily, and the second grader may see the grade as a 9 also, but the person who enters the grade into the database, sees that number as a 7. So if there are no defects that you can see, you might try re-submitting the card again.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by glchen

I would re-examine the card that you got back in a 7 closely. Sometimes, and this is just a completely outta of the sky hypothesis w/ absolutely nothing to back it up, but I think the graders now and then may have "doctor's" handwriting, where they might have written a 9 very sloppily, and the second grader may see the grade as a 9 also, but the person who enters the grade into the database, sees that number as a 7. So if there are no defects that you can see, you might try re-submitting the card again.

This is such an insane explanation that it's probably true given the pictures above.

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by Leon

I happen to agree with him though the train has left the station now...

Isn't there a section for 1980s-Present?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

Isn't there a section for 1980s-Present?

Yes there is and that is where it should have gone. The OP and I have communicated about it privately. Not a huge deal but, for the most part, we try to keep things in their proper places. As some mentioned, this subject sort of transcended the actual card and was more about the service. Hey at least the OP wasn't spamming refrigerator, Ipad, widget etc... sales!!

[conor912]

Originally Posted by Bosox Blair

This is a Pre-War forum...

It's also turned into a complaining forum and a praying forum but no one seems to bat an eye at that......just saying.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by conor912

It's also turned into a complaining forum and a praying forum but no one seems to bat an eye at that......just saying.

Sounds like you might be part of the issue if someone is discussing religion and I don't know about it. As for complaining, you can carry on....

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by conor912

It's also turned into a complaining forum and a praying forum but no one seems to bat an eye at that......just saying.

Please tell me you were being ironic when you said this.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

Please tell me you were being ironic when you said this.

I was kinda sorta defending the OP. I’m just saying look at the front page right now. We’ve got threads on Eli Manning’s fake game-used gear, hockey at Yankee Stadium, the Superbowl, why the USPS sucks, an NFL playoff pool, and some guy who can’t figure out how to list things on ebay…..not to mention all the threads started for the sole purpose of complaining or soliciting prayer. And I rarely, if ever, see guys saying THOSE don't belong on the pre-war forum.

So, that said, at the very least this thread is about baseball……