What Do You Guys Think of this Grade?

[Leon]

Technically correct and a flawed system. A system that might be cumbersome/costly to change too.


edited to add that it looks trimmed from the scan but I am assuming that it's not.

[oldjudge]

Leon--It sure looks trimmed to me--they didn't start out this size

[Leon]

I was hoping it would be a mini-border or something .

[3-2-count]

Well, if going off the ole' saying "buy the card, not the holder", I wouldn't be interested in that card. Just my opinion how I feel about it since it's being asked.
When in doubt, wait for another on a different day. It will come.

[caramelcard]

The image definitely looks to be excellent to near mint.

[Fred]

To the seller/owner it's an accurately graded specimen, to a buyer or experienced OJ collector it looks like an extra generous grade. As Leon said, it's a flawed grading system (when it comes to OJs).

[Steve D]

Both side edges look like they have just about as many waves as the Pacific Ocean.


Steve

[terjung]

Originally Posted by Steve D

Both side edges look like they have just about as many waves as the Pacific Ocean.


Steve

Oh, no. Are you saying that El Nino is responsible for this now too???

[barrysloate]

That's just a bad job of grading, and a bad system in place to assess Old Judges. Besides the questionable cut, the photo is muddy and indistinct. No OJ with that poor an image should qualify for an 80 grade. About three years ago Dave Forman told me that SGC was going to address the issue of how photo quality impacts the grade of a photographic issue, but I don't think they got anywhere with it. I would grade that a 40 at best, and Authentic if the edges are trimmed.

[kkkkandp]

As has already been mentioned, given the yardstick being used probably technically correct, but aesthetically generous.

Sort of the antithesis of...