1971 PSA Strictness

PaulMaul

I just bought a couple of PSA 8 1971s and I can’t believe how nice they are. I truly think today’s PSA 8 is as nice as the PSA 9 of yesteryear. I hated the strictness when I was submitting but I love it as a buyer! New flips all the way for 1971.

divecchia

Those are some black beauties!!!

Congrats on your pickups.

Donato

brad31

Those cards are definitely strong for the grade. Very nice.

TheDudeAbides

Where's the 8.5 love for the Vance?

jay0791

Love the Klimkowski
if its 4 sale let me know

BaltimoreYankee

Those are two beauties right there! Great cards from a really tough set. I agree that the standards are tougher now - when I see cards (in general, not just '71's) in older flips, I am more critical of them.

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olb31

I have only 1 psa 8 1971 card that i graded myself. i bought it back in the 80's. graded with beckett first and received a 7.5. cut it out and had it graded with psa and got an 8. i agree they are tough on the 1971 issue. oh by the way it is a nolan ryan.

craig44

Those are great looking cards my only 8 is a blyleven.

countdouglas

The 1971 registry set is not one that I really pursue with much vigor, usually as an afterthought once I've made a purchase of something else. And then usually only when I decide to browse the seller's other items with the free or reduced shipping charges that would come with an additional purchase.

I have 1 complete raw 1971 set, another raw 71 set around 90 percent, and another partial that is maybe 60-70 percent complete, in descending condition from set 1 to set 3, so many times my graded pickups are when I get them on the cheap, with the intent that I may someday crack them out to fill or upgrade a set. (As has been noted on several previous threads, quite often people bid up nice raw cards for more than you have to pay for a similar range graded card. Hence the logic behind that route...)

However, until that day comes, I still have them entered into a registry set. I'm only around #120, with a bit over 10 percent complete, with mostly 7s and nothing lower than a 6.

These are my only NQ 8s, all in the old flips. Your 2 additions certainly put my 8 cards to shame.

@PaulMaul - Very nice pickups for yourself, indeed!

PaulMaul

I gave up on the registry for this set because too many cards I was happy with came back 7s...which made me less happy with them! Now I have a combination raw/graded set consisting of raw cards I’m happy with and graded cards I buy. No more submitting 71s for me!

CSUrunandstun

I just submitted about 125 of 'em....got 8's on Aaron and Ryan (which I sent in at a higher level...next 75 or so should pop next week and the rest just went in on a newer submission

gemint

I find '71s as really hit or miss depending on the grader. I submitted a bunch of 71s from a high grade set and was getting 6s and 7s on cards that normally would get 8s. Then I submitted a small grouping over a few subs and popped as many 9s on those subs as I had in the entire history of subbing '71s which probably totals 3,000 cards.

PaulMaul

It does get very frustrating looking at beautiful cards in 7 holders as you scroll through ugly 8s on the ‘bay.

PaulMaul

@gemint said:
I find '71s as really hit or miss depending on the grader. I submitted a bunch of 71s from a high grade set and was getting 6s and 7s on cards that normally would get 8s. Then I submitted a small grouping over a few subs and popped as many 9s on those subs as I had in the entire history of subbing '71s which probably totals 3,000 cards.

I think it boils down to what the grader views as “slight wear” to a corner. Some view any hint of white as wear, but I think that’s extreme.