Grading Question

[1880nonsports]

It really makes NO difference unless you are buying or selling - so as to help set a price......... On any given day one can expect to see at least a half grade (or more) difference FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT on the same card. Unfortunately - NOT a science. Buy what you like and do it the way you want. In general I don't think it prudent to grade a card that isn't rare or in exceptional condition for the issue. Defect or wrinkle = likely the same result. That said - I DO have a few 19th century sets graded - and not all the cards are mint or rare. In fact, few are :-)

no guarantees whether written or implied.

[swarmee]

I would expect a 4 on that card from PSA.

[BruceinGa]

I don't understand some estimates of X.5 grades. We note that it is oc top to bottom.
My understanding, correct me if I'm wrong, is that .5 grades are given to well centered cards.

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by BruceinGa

I don't understand some estimates of X.5 grades. We note that it is oc top to bottom.
My understanding, correct me if I'm wrong, is that .5 grades are given to well centered cards.

Half grades are given to well presented cards. Centering isn't the only factor. I knocked it down due to the surface wrinkle on the back (look at the top of the card), then bumped it up because that is all that is putting it at that low of a grade to begin with.

[swarmee]

Agreed; a 0.5 grade can be given for any feature of the card that is much higher than the technical grade. So if you have a properly registered/sharp image card on something known to normally be printed fuzzy (like 1957 Dodgers Sluggers), it can get a half grade bump for something other than centering. That being said, a very small portion of cards actually do get half points. I know I submitted like 500 hundred T51 colleges, and maybe 50 got a half point bump.

[BruceinGa]

Thanks for clearing that up!

[toledo_mudhen]

No Wrinkle & No Stain = Probably 3

The wrinkled 2 actually presents better than the 3 and maybe even the 4 (IMO)