PSA 10 v PSA 9.5 v PSA 9

[Fred]

PSA and SGC will some be coming out with the PSA 11 and SGC 105 grades.

[Mountaineer1999]

How about no 10's , only 9 Mint? How is a card better than Mint? No that card is only Mint, this baby is Gem Mint!

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer1999

How about no 10's , only 9 Mint? How is a card better than Mint? No that card is only Mint, this baby is Gem Mint!

Exactly my feeling. It's an artificial grade.

[insidethewrapper]

Should be graded 1-100. Centering should be by computer (ie. if 58/42 ) then only so high of a grade could be made. Cornering, etc. would reduce the number. If a crease, then maybe start at 50 and go down from there based on all other grading factors. Seems like someone with computer IQ could develop a great software program and blow all the other sevices off the board. Each card could be analyzed by a laser or something else and take more of the human element out of it.

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by Fred

PSA and SGC will some be coming out with the PSA 11 and SGC 105 grades.

SGC already has a Pristine grade. It is 100. Gem Mint is 98 with Mint being 96.

[CW]

PWCC has already auctioned off PWCC Certified High End PSA 10s...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1984-Topps-F...p2047675.l2557

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by CW

PWCC has already auctioned off PWCC Certified High End PSA 10s...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1984-Topps-F...p2047675.l2557

I think that was discussed somewhere before. To me, it makes no sense.

[pokerplyr80]

A 10 is allowed to be slightly off center and can have a minor print defect. One 10 can be better than another. Especially on newer cards. Plus the chance to cross to a BGS 10 could lead to a huge payoff if you're lucky

[ls7plus]

There are mint grades in coins from 60 through 70--that may well be where we are heading!

Regards,

Larry

[SAllen2556]

Originally Posted by CW

PWCC has already auctioned off PWCC Certified High End PSA 10s...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1984-Topps-F...p2047675.l2557

It's the silliest damn thing I ever heard, but this is, again, why I believe there's a market for a fourth party grading service. You send in your psa graded cards and a team of experts will add one of three designations: happy monkey, normal monkey, or sad monkey. If the "experts" designate your card "happy monkey", you get rich!

[1880nonsports]

I would have thought your image to be that of card doctors monkeying around before posting their latest creations on the 'Bay. They look too old to be PSA graders. I hear they're also responsible for the forged "banana" Mantle's.