Cards the grading companies got/get wrong

[ullmandds]

It really irks me when there are issues/cards proven by the community(many of us) to not be what they are advertised to be. Here is one such example. The supposed 1934 tour of japan postcard. All evidence I've seen/heard points a much later issue.

Please show other examples where TPG'ers got/still continue to get it wrong.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/25561388204...2045&recoPos=2

[EddieP]

1935 Muratti Cigarette , D. Poynton

https://www.ebay.com/itm/31379990195...wAAOSwwIxhv9up

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by EddieP

1935 Muratti Cigarette , D. Poynton

https://www.ebay.com/itm/31379990195...wAAOSwwIxhv9up

yup...there have been a handful of ruth cards over the years that they got wrong.

[bnorth]

I used to own many more from all the major graders.

The card on the left is the correct year and brand but the wrong player.

The card on the right is labeled as the most expensive 1989 Fleer Bill Ripken version the white out. If it really was the white out it would be worth around $900. Since it is the cheapest version actually in the slab if labeled correctly it is a $15 card.

[EddieP]

The 1969 Topps Aurelio Rodriguez. It’s a photo of the bat boy and not Aurelio Rodriguez.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/32525013914...wAAOSwtaJiviS4

[ullmandds]

they finally stopped calling the youths companion marquard a ruth...why havent they stopped with the muratti?

[prestigecollectibles]

I've been complaining about this for quite a while. PSA has graded 74 of them according to their pop report. I believe that SGC won't touch this postcard.

Originally Posted by ullmandds

It really irks me when there are issues/cards proven by the community(many of us) to not be what they are advertised to be. Here is one such example. The supposed 1934 tour of japan postcard. All evidence I've seen/heard points a much later issue.

Please show other examples where TPG'ers got/still continue to get it wrong.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/25561388204...2045&recoPos=2

[Yoda]

For many years PSA labeled the Weaver Tango Egg with just Weaver's name before they caught on and realized the player was Tinker.

[rhettyeakley]

E122 American Caramel Cards are always misidentified as E121.

[Exhibitman]

Ugh, where do I start?

PSA's work on Latin American issues is abysmal. Often, they write Spanish gibberish. Like this Pele:



1968 Crack Figuritas Deportivas (not "sport"; PSA "Bob" Clemente'd the name) and this particular type of insert card is called a "foto autografiada". It also isn't hand-cut. They came from the pack this way. The backs are puzzles.

SGC plain doesn't know WTF they are doing, even when the submission slip correctly labels the card:



1953 Canadian Exhibits, eh. See that little # by his front foot? The USA cards don't have that.

Then there's the old, bad information that the TPGs never correct. The '1948-52' Exhibit Champions and the '1948' HOF set were issued into the mid-1950s. Here's a page from a 1955 Exhibit catalog:

[Rhotchkiss]

Here is my favorite - PSA authenticated and graded a clear and obvious (for many reasons) 1915 Cracker Jack reprint