Most outrageous overgradings

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Posted By: Tim Newcomb

With all the very interesting and very serious discussion today about grading companies, I thought something lighter might be in order:

What's the most egregious example of PSA-SGC-GAI-ETC OVERGRADING you've seen?

Mine just came in the mail (tbob referred to this group in the "Grading Co. experiment" thread). I was not upset because I had an accurate description from the seller and the price was OK, but it still took my breath away for a moment to see this card in that very official PSA 3 label. I've seen many a PSA 1 that looked nicer.




I'm not the strictest grader in the world, but if this is a VG card, I'm Miller Huggins.

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Posted By: Alan

Welcome to the board Mr. Huggins !!!
(Seriously, that's why the bottom line is grading is subjective !!!)

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Posted By: T206Collector

...has more to do with PSA than the subjective nature of card grading. I'd be curious to see examples like this in SGC or GAI holders.

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Posted By: dan mckee

Depends on who submitted it.

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Posted By: Adam J. Moraine

Most outrageous overgradings: that would be the "famous" Mr. X collection.

Best Regards,

Adam J. Moraine

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Posted By: paul

That is pretty bad. I've also seen a few Topps Venezuelan cards with serious rips on the FRONT that graded 3.

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Posted By: jaydog

Not only is this card overgraded, the write up is also wrong. The M116 is not a Blueback but a common pastel.

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Posted By: Josh K.

Jay,

I believe that they are referring to the writing on the reverse which can be blue or black. The description would say blue "background" if referring to the face of the card.