Wrinkle vs a Crease and Grading impact?

[Fred]

Originally Posted by nineunder71

IMO, a wrinkle does not go through to the other side, whereas a crease can be seen on both sides of the card. Yes, a wrinkle is better than a crease, but I’m not sure how it effects “grading”

Good Luck

I agree with this assessment.

A good card doctor can remove wrinkles and creases or make the crease a small wrinkle. You would think the TPGs would be able to detect this but they usually don't understand how to recognize it or just don't care.

I'm not card doctor but years ago someone showed me how easy it is to "uncrease" or remove a wrinkle from a card. Personally, I wouldn't do it because there is a chance of making it worse if you don't know what you're doing.

[Scocs]

My two cents: I now look for vintage cards with surface wrinkles because:

1) they are affordable because they are technically lower grade

2) they have outstanding eye appeal

Here is my 1952 Bowman Willie Mays that is a PSA 2….that looks like a PSA 8. It has near perfect centering (which is almost an impossibility with that card), razor sharp edges and corners, snow white borders, and flawless color/registration. The only issue is three light surface wrinkles on the front that you can’t see 75% of the time. Buy the card, not the holder! Sorry they are sideways….

[steve B]

This one has a tiny wrinkle/crease between the edge and border about halfway up the left side.
When I asked about the grade a few years ago, that and a tiny flake of paper loss on the top right corner - tiny, like if the card had typical 4 corner wear it would have more missing - was all that kept it from a much better grade.

[bobbyw8469]

That is the best looking '2' I have ever seen. Downright criminal.

[Scocs]

God bless. That’s why I acquired it and it didn’t set me back $25K!