Has anyone ever seen….
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…a 1971 baseball PSA 10 card originally graded in the lighthouse era? I don’t think I’ve ever seen one, and I strongly suspect that the vast, vast majority of existing ‘71 PSA 10s we’re graded before 2013.
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I went through all the 1971 PSA 10 sales on the auction results tool, starting at the beginning of the set. I had to go through 23 sales until I finally found a card graded after 2014…
Lighthouse label started 6/14/2017. Based on this Cert number this is an early lighthouse, probably graded 2nd half of 2017.
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Razor sharp but that tilt would bother me, especially on a 10.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
Tilt is especially disturbing when, like this card, it is, say 55/45 on top and 45/55 on the bottom. For my money, that is NOT 55/45 centering, and should not get a 9 or 10.
But my primary point here is that getting a 10 today on a ‘71 is HIGHLY improbable. Almost all of the existing 10s were graded ten or more years ago.
I would say getting a 10 on a 1971 right now is impossible. If they are unwilling to give a 10 then it does not matter the condition of the card. GEM MINT cards are 9's or 8's from what I have seen.
Yes I have. Being my primary collection, I check the pop reports daily. There have been 4 since I started watching, it went from 238-242. 🤷♂️
Is that a tide line in the upper right corner? Doesn't look like a thread in the case or scratch in the plastic. Strange.
50/50 shot. could be on the case still. the black card doesnt provide a shadow to be cast on which also augments the visual depth perception to find out via scan. theres also a tinier scratch or wrinkle slightly to the left too. with most scratches, usually theres a deeper one going away and a slighter one on the pullback.
I didn’t notice that.
I wasn't thinking crease, wrinkle, print pleat, or scratch. To me, it has the look of a demarcating border, separating a difference in surface texture, most often as occurs with paper, a "tide-line" separating a moisture-effected area from an unaffected one.
It has a look not unlike when one of the ways of collecting and storing cards was using corner mounts (like on old photos) to affix cards to scrapbook album pages,
I see everything. 20/10 vision. I can read the bottom line 2 lines under the 20/20 line. As a collector, it's a double-edged sword. A blessing and a curse.
I know too much also. So I have to constantly exercise plausible deniability and try fooling myself if I'm to actually enjoy my hobby!
only thing leading me to think its the case is that it leads from the tip of that border bumper which has frosting. there was a run of holders right when the lighthouse label that would crack very easy and basically create the similar effect of a broken windshield that continues to spider crack after every bump you hit.
eta: only way i remember this is because after coughing up $1k to reholder a mantle it came back from psa w a very similar look. one off the bottom bumper and then a spider webbed looking one around one of the sonic welded round points. pretty peeved they sent it out like that and having to resend it.