Let's play "Grade this Mathewson"

[conor912]

2.5

[sycks22]

1.5

[btcarfagno]

2.5

Tom C

[Bridwell]

2 or 2.5

[jerrys]

2

[Bliggity]

Thanks very much to everyone who has responded so far. I'll let this run until tonight and then I'll post the SGC grade and the totals from this thread. I agree that PSA's inconsistency with paper loss is the toughest factor.

[rats60]

Sgc 10

[Bliggity]

Ok, thanks to all who answered. Here's the current flip:



And here are the total votes (for those who guessed multiples, I counted both):

Authentic: 1
1 PR: 2
1.5 FR: 10
2 G: 12
2.5 G+: 6
3 VG: 2
4 VG-EX: 1

Two folks also thought it might pick up a ST qualifier. Counting the one Auth vote as a "0" grade, the average grade is a 1.94, which is just a tad shy of the current grade. I've seen a lot of PSA 3s that look a lot worse, which is why I was considering cracking it, but I agree that the paper loss on the back makes it difficult. I think based on the votes here, the best thing to do is submit it in the SGC holder with a minimum grade of 2, NQ.

Thanks again!

[Bliggity]

Bumping this for a long-overdue epilogue. I ended up rolling the dice and cracking it out before submitting it. Specified no qualifiers, but no minimum grade either. Just popped:

2 1 24501947 GOOD+ 2.5 1911 T205 Gold Border Christy Mathewson

So I lucked out and got the rare SGC-to-PSA bump. Time to buy a Powerball ticket!