Do these flips look right to you?

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

Bill,
I can understand your concern...on a higher dollar card, my concern would be there also. Here is a link that I have used when I see a PSA card flip that does not appear "right"....I try to match the questionable flip up to one in the link to help explain a variance.

http://forums.collectors.com/message...hreadid=846031

Thank you, Saved. I've actually referred to that thread a couple times since it was started. I've not been an active participant on the PSA forums, yet I've done a lot of reading of discussions there. You can never have too much knowledge about an area of interest, especially when you have a financial interest in it.

I also started a discussion on sportscardforum.com about the variances of the PSA flip, going into detail about the typography used (I was an advertising art major my first year of college before switching to political science). I don't think I knew about SGC when it was written:

http://www.sportscardforum.com/threa...e-graded-cards

Maybe I'm a little gun shy, I don't know. Everything else looked good to me, it was just the abnormality in the white space to the side of the printed information that made me leery.

I guess I'd rather be a little overcautious now then make mistakes a little down the road once I've gotten heavily into vintage.

[the 'stache]

One more question, guys. Does anybody have a breakdown by serial numbers as to when PSA has changed their flip? In other words, from card # ___ to ___, PSA used this variation of flip. From that point to card # ____, they have used this flip.

The dates are helpful as a general guide, but it sure would be helpful if PSA came out and provided the examples of their flips, and what range of serial numbers it covered. I don't know if anybody has done something like this.