Heritage Auctions last night

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by raulus

Was it just me, or did it look like there was some damage on the front of the card? Could have just been the slab, but it looked pretty sketch to me.

Look closely at his face and right around it. Sure looked like some surface wear to me, but could just be a printing defect. Either way it doesn’t look nice.

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Wow! how does that make an 8? I'll take my 3.5.
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[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

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Wow! how does that make an 8? I'll take my 3.5.
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It would never get an "8" if you or I submitted it. Not in a million years.

And I would also take your 3.5 over the 8 any day. A far superior image, and just further proof of how subjective, random, arbitrary and inconsistent "professional grading" is.

[samosa4u]

Originally Posted by perezfan

And I would also take your 3.5 over the 8 any day.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Why is it that every 8 of a major card is short or narrow in the holder?

[oldjudge]

Peter—-the grade is inversely proportional to the card’s surface area.

[MVSNYC]

Speaking of Heritage...and prices...dozens of T206 PSA 8s closed tonight. The prices were off the charts.

[tjisonline]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Why is it that every 8 of a major card is short or narrow in the holder?

unfortunately, many of the high graded vintage cards are likely from the JoeO era of PSA grading trimmed cards.