Certified, Qualified and Glorified!!!

[ASF123]

Hi, I'm new around here...this thread is fascinating. How on earth has PSA maintained the level of hegemony in the market that it has, given how obviously arbitrary and inconsistent its grades are? To say nothing of the trimming scandal, which somehow hasn't seemed to affect its credibility in the market. *And* the incentives that it has to keep the population of 10s and even 9s artificially low. Talk about a naked emperor. It's baffling to a newcomer.

[cornhusker]

Ok. Probably a dumb question but I'll pose it anyway. Are there any PSA cards with multiple qualifiers? I've never taken notice of any. Of 40 million cards graded I would expect some OC card to also have a mark, stain, or print defect right? Of course miscut and off center would not make sense but I might expect some of the other combos. Example is the '68 mantle with ST on the top of this thread is also OC correct?

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by cornhusker

Ok. Probably a dumb question but I'll pose it anyway. Are there any PSA cards with multiple qualifiers? I've never taken notice of any. Of 40 million cards graded I would expect some OC card to also have a mark, stain, or print defect right? Of course miscut and off center would not make sense but I might expect some of the other combos. Example is the '68 mantle with ST on the top of this thread is also OC correct?

I don't think we've ever seen the multiple qualifier thing happen before. It's been discussed, but it seems the rule of thumb is the grader 'decides' which issue is worse, so to speak, and the card gets that qualifier.

Check out this old thread:
https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=264424

With regards to the 1968 Mantle, it fits into the PSA 7 centering guidelines, so there 'was' (I have since eliminated the wax/gum residue and resubmitted it) only the stain qualifier to be considered.

[jchcollins]

I've never seen a card with multiple qualifiers.

[JollyElm]

A Four Top(ps)...

Here is another group of sharp cornered HOF'ers. The 1957 Topps Larry Doby #85 has a bit of extraneous 'snow,' but is otherwise pretty sweet, the 1966 Topps Whitey Ford #160 is extremely sharp, but true to form it (unfortunately) sports a highly dominant southpaw side, the 1972 Topps Rod Carew IA #696 helps with my slowly building 1972 PSA 9 high number set, where I grab up OC's if they're not too badly off-kilter, and the 1973 Topps Mike Schmidt #615 high number rookie card is really nice if you're able to ignore the stain. I'm waiting for PSA to get back to me on my request to have the 'PD' properly changed to 'ST'...

[bobsbbcards]

These don't bother me much, since centered cards from this set are tough to come by at all.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by bobsbbcards

These don't bother me much, since centered cards from this set are tough to come by at all.

Love 'em!!!!!!