1933 Goudey Gehrig

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

This card is legit. Very early on, early in the long bar code days, for a short while, PSA at the lower grades used a different scale.

Really? This is news - what was the lower scale? 1-P, 2-F, 3-G? What about above that? if we continue, 4 is VG, 5 is VG-EX, 6 is EX...
I do find this option more plausible then the one Pete mentions above.

[Peter_Spaeth]

I had a 34 Gehrig that was a VG 4. I think they had omitted the VG EX grade and it then went to EX 5.

[Leon]

I will post a pic of a PSA VG 4 later as the person sent me a scan. He sent me this original message....

"FYI, the Gehrig is a legitimate 1933 World Wide Gum card ("English Only" variation). And the PSA holder and label are also legit and untampered. In the very early days of PSA, the scale was as follows:

1 = Poor
2 = Fair
3 = Good
4 = Very Good
5 = Excellent

There wasn't a VG-EX grade. This was changed shortly after to:

1 = Poor to Fair
2 = Good
3 = Very Good
4 = Very Good to Excellent
5 = Excellent
"

[MW1]

Originally Posted by Leon

I will post a pic of a PSA VG 4 later as the person sent me a scan. He sent me this original message....

"FYI, the Gehrig is a legitimate 1933 World Wide Gum card ("English Only" variation). And the PSA holder and label are also legit and untampered. In the very early days of PSA, the scale was as follows:

1 = Poor
2 = Fair
3 = Good
4 = Very Good
5 = Excellent

There wasn't a VG-EX grade. This was changed shortly after to:

1 = Poor to Fair
2 = Good
3 = Very Good
4 = Very Good to Excellent
5 = Excellent
"

Yes. This is correct.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Leon

I will post a pic of a PSA VG 4 later as the person sent me a scan. He sent me this original message....

"FYI, the Gehrig is a legitimate 1933 World Wide Gum card ("English Only" variation). And the PSA holder and label are also legit and untampered. In the very early days of PSA, the scale was as follows:

1 = Poor
2 = Fair
3 = Good
4 = Very Good
5 = Excellent

There wasn't a VG-EX grade. This was changed shortly after to:

1 = Poor to Fair
2 = Good
3 = Very Good
4 = Very Good to Excellent
5 = Excellent
"

That makes more sense to me than this being the result of a textual limitation on the slab. Never knew about this - I wonder how often these cards surface and if PSA makes an effort to reholder them for free given the confusion they cause.

[bobbyw8469]

Looking at the back scan, NO WAY in H**L is that card a '3'. Buy the card, not the holder.....