Mutilated 1955 Topps - 206 Mutants now in the Fold

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by RTK

The world of misfit cards. I like it. What's next negative grading, with zero being you don't have the card at all

I still feel beat up cards have more of a story to them. A story we can only imagine.

The Negative grading scale that I am using is as follows with the number of cards in each grade in parentheses.

1 - Full and partial thickness paper loss
Tears
Scotch tape or Scotch tape residue
Marks that cannot be ignored
Major ragged border trimming (55)

2 - Major or Minor Creasing without paper loss. Rounded corners. True beaters that do not meet the stringent criteria required for a 1 rating. (110)

3 - Cards that almost look VG, with either a small wrinkle or minimal paper loss or corner fraying. (33)

4 - Cards that would probably grade VG (6)

5 - Cards that have actually been graded in the 3-5 range. (3)

6 - Cards that have graded at the ExMt (6) or better level. (1)


I am pleased to report that the average grade of this set is less than 2 currently, but as you can see, there are 43 outliers at the higher end of the grading scale that should be downgraded.

A list of the cards that require downgrading will be forthcoming.