If this Jackie is a 4, is mine a 5?

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

You also have to consider that population reports aren't accurate gauges of what's happening with grading now. They are cumulative. PSA has been grading cards for quite a while now, and half grades are a relatively new phenomenon. Of course there are going to be more cards with full point grades.

Yes i stated that already in my opinion that i know half grades have not been around forever, however people have resubmitted cards from the pre-half grade times with the hope of a better grade including a half grade so it is not like every card graded before the half grades started never get the opportunity for a regrade (and then they would change the POP report on those)

Just check out the POP reports...its normaly 10% half grade versus full grades, you also figure only the best examples are re-submitted with the hope of the bump to the half grade better


Plus just check what happened in 2014 which i assume was after half grades were allowed for ALL Baseball cards graded by PSA

http://www.psacard.com/pop/baseball-cards/2014/118266

PSA 8 2009
PSA 8.5 301

PSA 7 389
PSA 7.5 39

PSA 6 176
PSA 6.5 11

PSA 5 71
PSA 5.5 2 !!!!!

The half grades look about the same representation in 2014 as they do in 1952 Topps, so it does appear whether its pre-half grade times or post, its extremely hard to predict half grades whn its only going to happen around 10 percent of the time. I would rather give someone a range of 3-4 than 3.5-4 given all of the POP stats..