Help me understand

[pclpads]

On the back of the 2.5, looks like a faint side-to-side horizontal crease above the Batting Record box line and the black border line above Red Heart. With corners and centering that sharp, it has to be creased to get that grade. Given that, it still presents much better than the 4. And, I'd take it all day over the 4!

[GasHouseGang]

The scan for the PSA 2.5 isn't very clear, but there appears to be a shadow in the lower right hand corner that could be a bend. Usually a card that nice that gets down graded to a PSA 2.5 has a bend or paper wrinkle somewhere that may be very difficult to see.

[D. Bergin]

Looks like there's several surface wrinkles that don't show up very well in the 2.5.

The exact card also sold on June 20th on Ebay, and on that scan the wrinkles are completely hidden, but it looks like there may be a dig on the upper right corner.

I'd wager, in hand most people would take the "4", regardless of the centering issues with that one.

[Bigdaddy]

Just strange that the defects in the 2.5 card are all hard to see in the scans, in the shadows, or only visible in person, while the dog ears on the corners of the 4 are clearly visible from any and all photos/scans/artist's renderings, etc.

I guess I need to get better educated with the grading rules.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

Just strange that the defects in the 2.5 card are all hard to see in the scans, in the shadows, or only visible in person, while the dog ears on the corners of the 4 are clearly visible from any and all photos/scans/artist's renderings, etc.

I guess I need to get better educated with the grading rules.

They are both also scanned using completely different settings. Look how much brighter and washed out the 2.5 looks. Surface image has been descreened and flattened.

Personally I'd rather have the dog ears, then surface wrinkles on a card, but I may be in the minority.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

The scan for the PSA 2.5 isn't very clear, but there appears to be a shadow in the lower right hand corner that could be a bend. Usually a card that nice that gets down graded to a PSA 2.5 has a bend or paper wrinkle somewhere that may be very difficult to see.

I agree with this. I see it too. Again, it could be a shadow, but could be a bend as well.

Also, is that paper loss on the back of the card? Almost in the center of the card between the words 'FIELD' and 'AVERAGE' appears to be a speck of paper loss. Either way, I agree that I would rather have the 2.5