Dmitri Young got some PSA love...

[travrosty]

but how can you have a ragged edge on a 54 topps hank aaron and have it be a 10?

even though all those cards have ragged edges, i thought a 10 would have to have straight edges, even though none of those would qualify for a 10, then so what? does there have to be a 10? like he said there is no ten valenzuela, or nolan ryan. how can a ragged edge be a ten, the same for the OPC gretzky 10 that sold for 90,000 dollars, had chipping on the edges. how can that be?

that's why it is so subjective on psa's part and so open to their whim of the day. and that's why it stinks.

[packs]

That's the way the card was produced. There is no flaw. That's why it can be a 10.

[Clutch-Hitter]

I don't think anything is entirely flawless and each "thing" would have to be defined in its own way. The three companies were careful to qualify flawless with "virtually" or something similar. But without reading too deep into it, a ten seems to carry an implication of flawlessness. Now I don't even know what I'm talking about. Just think a ten carries too much value...

[rainier2004]

Originally Posted by packs

That's the way the card was produced. There is no flaw. That's why it can be a 10.

Couldn't the same be said for an off-center or mis-cut card? I'd pay more for a card that does not have a rough cut vs one that did all other variables being equal.

[packs]

The rough cut effects a sizeable portion of the overall production of cards, at least from my observations. I think it's a different situation than an off center card.

[egbeachley]

Originally Posted by packs

The rough cut effects a sizeable portion of the overall production of cards, at least from my observations. I think it's a different situation than an off center card.

I'm with Steven. Rough-cut flaw is the same as miscut flaw is the same as off-center flaw. There are plenty of sets notorious with bad centering, doesn't make it OK, just like rough-cuts.

[packs]

But is it really a rough cut or just the cut of the cards? I think that's the distinction.