December '22 Pickups

[JollyElm]

This beautiful 1973 'Goose' Gossage RC is but a mere hair away from being a straight 9, but it's also a bit of a puzzler. Since it is freshly graded (a 'Fontsixer' in my New Collectorisms parlance), why does it have a qualifier??? Huh? I thought they did away with those? Weird.

Either way, love it!!

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[CardPadre]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

This beautiful 1973 'Goose' Gossage RC is but a mere hair away from being a straight 9, but it's also a bit of a puzzler. Since it is freshly graded (a 'Fontsixer' in my New Collectorisms parlance), why does it have a qualifier??? Huh? I thought they did away with those? Weird.

Yeah, nice card. It was apparently in this card's best interest to give it the 9(oc).

From the PSA blog on qualifiers: "...qualifiers will be used infrequently and at the discretion of the grading staff when they feel it’s in the card’s best interest to apply a qualifier."

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Since it is freshly graded (a 'Fontsixer' in my New Collectorisms parlance), why does it have a qualifier??? Huh? I thought they did away with those? Weird.

Yeah, don't think they really did away with anything. I still seem to see qualifiers on plenty of new slabs. As was pointed out, it must be in the card's "best interests" to wear the qualifier.

PSA kills me. They could come out tomorrow with a press release saying they are adding the (U) (This card is ugly...) qualifier, and many collectors would rush to defend them.

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

Yeah, don't think they really did away with anything. I still seem to see qualifiers on plenty of new slabs. As was pointed out, it must be in the card's "best interests" to wear the qualifier.

Yeah, it appears the change was that they took it out of the customer's hands. You used to be able to specify what you wanted, now they just pick.

[JollyElm]

It's like some sort of bizarre cardboard custody battle...

Father: "I don't want him to have a qualifier. All the other cards in the shoebox will treat him differently."

Mother: "Our bitterness for each other aside, we MUST always do what's in the best interests of our card."

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

It's like some sort of bizarre cardboard custody battle...

Father: "I don't want him to have a qualifier. All the other cards in the shoebox will treat him differently."

Mother: "Our bitterness for each other aside, we MUST always do what's in the best interests of our card."

[butchie_t]

Finished off 2022 with the following: