Deserving of a PSA 10?

[Lorewalker]

What's going on in the upper left corner?

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by Lorewalker

What's going on in the upper left corner?

Looks like a fragment of cardboard that was left during the cutting process - didn't cut through all the way.

I have no problem with it as a PSA 10.

[bxb]

I'm not a T206 expert, but I might have expected better top to bottom centering for a 10.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by bxb

I'm not a T206 expert, but I might have expected better top to bottom centering for a 10.

The 'ol 70/30 PSA 10.

Slabbing is a joke.

[tiger8mush]

"4.5" if I'd submitted it. Or "A".

[Peter_Spaeth]

If you enlarge the upper right corner, it looks angled or something.

[sterlingfox]

Should not be higher than an 8 with that top to bottom centering.

Ridiculous that this got slabbed a 10

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by tiger8mush

"4.5" if I'd submitted it. Or "A".

Same here.

[Pat R]

I think some of the cards with low cert numbers are suspect
when it comes to trimming and minimum size requirements.

McGraw PSA.jpg

McGraw PSA - Copy.jpg

[insidethewrapper]

How can any card that is 115+ years old look like that ? Remember it was packaged in a tobacco pack . This card has never been dropped etc. ?? Just putting it in and out of a CardSaver without corner nicks is hard to do . Wow !

[boneheadandrube]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

How can any card that is 115+ years old look like that ? Remember it was packaged in a tobacco pack . This card has never been dropped etc. ?? Just putting it in and out of a CardSaver without corner nicks is hard to do . Wow !

I posted about this subject in a previous thread on the 9-10's in this auction:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=257327

Starting at post #13 through #25 might lend some insight. There was a large find of uncirculated T206's at the end of the 1980's. From the backs that were in the group it was likely a box of cards meant to be put into packs at factory 25 that were taken home. No Sweet Caporal, Just Piedmont 150-350, Sovereign 150-350 and Old Mill Southern League. You will notice the number of Sovereign 150 backs in this collection at Heritage. This was a pretty well documented find at the time, I covered about all I can remember in the other thread.

[Fred]

Originally Posted by bxb

I'm not a T206 expert, but I might have expected better top to bottom centering for a 10.

YUP! Makes you wonder who submitted it.

[barrysloate]

The McGraw pointing is truly an extraordinary card, and when you look at it you understand why it was graded a 10. But a few of the other 10's don't match up well and make you wonder just what is going on. Many of them should only grade 9 at best. I don't know anyone who really understands how grading works at this exalted level.

[vintagerookies51]

Ever since I started collecting about 10 years ago, I've always thought there was one huge flaw in the grading system. The second lowest grade is GOOD- that makes absolutely zero since. You got practically the upper half of the system with the word mint in it. Everything 7-10 looks the same to me and that's why I just stick with 3s and under lol

With that said, there's no way this card should grade a 10, especially after looking at the back