Is there a difference between a PSA 1 and PSA "authentic"

[JP]

Easy answer:

PSA 1 is the original status as it was in the pack, PSA AUTH has been changed somehow

[ichieh]

i wonder if you take this card out of the PSA authentic holder, and resubmit 10X, how many time would it come back 1 or higher. From the scan, i can't see why it's an altered card.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=170482733874

[jb217676]

The top of that Mantle card is trimmed. If it was full size (top to bottom) it would touch the top bar inside the holder. You'll waste your money 10x.

[Bosox Blair]

Originally Posted by jb217676

The top of that Mantle card is trimmed. If it was full size (top to bottom) it would touch the top bar inside the holder. You'll waste your money 10x.

Jeff's absolutely right - that card is 100% trimmed on the top. And possibly on the right border too. Complete hatchet job.

Cheers,
Blair

[HRBAKER]

I would hope that it would NEVER come back higher than a 1. It may come back a 1 a few times. Heck the submitter may have requested an Authentic label as opposed to a 1. It looks as though it was one of those cards that was folded up and carried in a wallet or something.

Of course you could always send it to BCCG and get at least a "5."

[Dan Carson]

Save your money, they don't know either!

[benjulmag]

As I understand it, a PSA Authentic doesn't necessarily mean the card has been altered in some way. What it means is that it exhibits physical characteristics which raises a question whether the card is altered, and therefore PSA is not comfortable giving the card a numerical grade. A good example would be Obaks or T210s. There have been threads opining that the irregular cuts of some of these cards were how they were originally issued, either due to hand-cutting or an otherwise irregular cutting process. Yet PSA will give them Authentic grades, even though to many hobby experts the cards are unaltered.