Grading Question

[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)

[perezfan]

They make up a set of rules, and everyone hypnotically follows along... it's as if Joe Orlando is The Pied Piper.

If slabs were never invented, there's very little chance that 4 would sell for multiple thousands above the other two. The eye appeal is no better than the others. I guess for some reason, they choose not to deduct for color abraisions?