Grading raw vintage cards for trade or resale purposes

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

One thing to be aware of is that images of cards posted online can be very deceiving. A card gets a PR 1 grade for a reason. No VGEX card is mistakenly graded a 1. If you are seeing nice looking cards that get a 1 grade, you are most likely unable to see a pretty major flaw in the pictures. While grading companies do seem to be a bit harsher these days, the stated grading standards haven't changed all that much. So you are looking for the same things in a VGEX card today as you were back then.

Strongly disagree...

Yesterday's "4" (obvious creasing, paper loss, round corners, heavy soiling, dull color, poor registration):

https://www.ebay.com/itm/145235228744


Today's "4" (no creasing or wrinkles, no paper loss, no soiling, good corners, great color and registration):

https://www.ebay.com/itm/375976800862

Make no mistake... The grading standards have changed by 2-3 full points over the past decade.