My exceptional PWCC pickup.

[Scocs]

So why is it only a 2.5?

[Goudey77]

Originally Posted by Scocs

So why is it only a 2.5?

Scocs, that is the beauty of “buying the card and not the holder”.
Sometimes there are anomalies that none of us can decipher. In fact i’d pay good money to have a PSA grader sit down with me and explain these scenarios.

[Peter_Spaeth]

I am sure it has a surface wrinkle somewhere. PWCC's scans/pics don't make wrinkles evident sometimes -- I know someone who has an amazing example of this but he hasn't posted it.

[lowpopper]

I wonder if Purple Label would sticker it also...

[maniac_73]

Originally Posted by Goudey77

Scocs, that is the beauty of “buying the card and not the holder”.
Sometimes there are anomalies that none of us can decipher. In fact i’d pay good money to have a PSA grader sit down with me and explain these scenarios.

I also don't understand why it's only a 2.5 it looks to be in amazing condition!

[Scocs]

I went to the specific eBay listing. Here is the reason for the (much) lower grade:

“exceedingly light, horizontal front surface wrinkle keeps from grading higher.”

That must be some wrinkle that I still couldn’t see on their nice large eBay scans.

[Goudey77]

Originally Posted by Scocs

I went to the specific eBay listing. Here is the reason for the (much) lower grade:

“exceedingly light, horizontal front surface wrinkle keeps from grading higher.”

That must be some wrinkle that I still couldn’t see on their nice large eBay scans.

I can confirm it’s only visible under a certain angle and I’d guess impossible to pick up on a scan or photo. Still... not sure it would justify a 2.5. But I’ll take it all day.

[robw1959]

Originally Posted by Scocs

So why is it only a 2.5?

A light surface wrinkle. PSA is going nuts downgrading due to any slight imperfections these days.

[Scocs]

Unless the surface wrinkle ain’t so little

[frankbmd]

Some surface wrinkles are more exceptional than others.

[Goudey77]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Some surface wrinkles are more exceptional than others.

Bingo! This ones got the variety that’s impossible to pickup on a scan or photo. Thank god for the sticker that told me so. thanks for the laughs Frank

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Goudey77

Bingo! This ones got the variety that’s impossible to pickup on a scan or photo. Thank god for the sticker that told me so. thanks for the laughs Frank

I sold this card recently. You could barely see the wrinkle in the scan, so I took a pic at an angle to show it properly. It can be done.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=267130

[oldjudge]

As far as I can recall, this is the only card that I have won in a PWCC auction. The first image is an EBay listing image. The second is an image I took when I received the card. Needless to say, the card was returned. I can live without PWCC.