Mantle vs. Clemente

[bcbgcbrcb]

Anyone understand PSA’s grade? Aside from the centering/miscut part of the card’s assessment, edges, corners and surface all look to be VG or better. By PSA using the MC qualifier (which drastically lowers the card value by itself) isn’t that enough of a penalty to the card grade without also allowing the centering/miscut issue to downgrade the numerical grade as well? Seems like I’m being double penalized for the same singular issue with the card. That’s where I find PSA at fault in addition to strongly disagreeing with SGC’s assessment as mentioned previously.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Anyone understand PSA’s grade? Aside from the centering/miscut part of the card’s assessment, edges, corners and surface all look to be VG or better. By PSA using the MC qualifier (which drastically lowers the card value by itself) isn’t that enough of a penalty to the card grade without also allowing the centering/miscut issue to downgrade the numerical grade as well? Seems like I’m being double penalized for the same singular issue with the card. That’s where I find PSA at fault in addition to strongly disagreeing with SGC’s assessment as mentioned previously.

I wonder what the back looks like. Maybe there’s some damage or something going on that lowers the grade?

[swarmee]

Phil, we can't answer that question for you, because we don't have the card in hand. Does the card have a pinhole? Is that long crease along the bottom of the card?
When PSA awards a qualifier, they nearly always remove that aspect from their grading of the remainder of the card for the number grade. So IMO, the off-centeredness is not contributing to the card getting a 1.5.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Ok, I have to go to my safe deposit box at the bank tomorrow anyway. I will take more pictures of the card, including the back, and add them here tomorrow.