Upgrades, Downgrades & What the !@#$#$%

[old-baseball]

If these are SGC NM 84's....



.... what's wrong with these?

[Bridwell]

Whenever I see the color rubbed off 2 or 3 corners or edges, I figure the card should get an 80 at best. It wouldn't be worth re-submitting any of those I don't think.

[shaunsteig]

a little hard to tell about those 1935 Goudeys. they appear to be scanned against a light background, which seeps in through the corner of the SGC holders, and makes discerning the true sharpness of the corners somewhat difficult.

may I submit this for the "What the !@#$#$%" consideration:

There's a surface wrinkle to the left of his hat and maybe some scuffing to the right, but otherwise I thought it was pretty solid. (the smudge on the back by the E of his last name is a scan artifact). PSA gave it a PR 1.

[MikeGarcia]

you can barely make out the glue /paste stains...but a ''1'' ? Cold.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by shaunsteig

a little hard to tell about those 1935 Goudeys. they appear to be scanned against a light background, which seeps in through the corner of the SGC holders, and makes discerning the true sharpness of the corners somewhat difficult.

may I submit this for the "What the !@#$#$%" consideration:

There's a surface wrinkle to the left of his hat and maybe some scuffing to the right, but otherwise I thought it was pretty solid. (the smudge on the back by the E of his last name is a scan artifact). PSA gave it a PR 1.

I honestly don't know how any grader or hobbyist could give that card a 1. That is disgraceful and almost shows incompetence, imo. I mean really, not even a "1.5", which would still be an insult to that beauty??

[botn]

Originally Posted by Leon

I honestly don't know how any grader or hobbyist could give that card a 1. That is disgraceful and almost shows incompetence, imo. I mean really, not even a "1.5", which would still be an insult to that beauty??

Is there really a difference between a 1 and a 1.5? LOL. Appears there is paste or glue residue on the reverse so the technical grade would be right on. If ya grade ya got to be willing to play by their rules.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by botn

Is there really a difference between a 1 and a 1.5? LOL. Appears there is paste or glue residue on the reverse so the technical grade would be right on. If ya grade ya got to be willing to play by their rules.

Actually there is a difference between a 1 and a 1.5. That is why I made the comment. That card shouldn't be a 1, rules included.