How much will this hurt the grade? 1964 Topps
Statman
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Does anyone know how PSA handles cards that have a scratch off answer on the back, specifically 1964 Topps baseball, if the cartoon has been revealed by scratching it off? Is it downgraded a couple of grades, or marked with a qualifier?
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The grade is not affected on ‘64 Topps baseball if the answer on the back is scratched.
I always avoid purchasing those regardless.
if not indented by scratching (eg. rubbed off) = no deduction in the past. If indented, big deduction
Bosox1976
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Collecting: Topps 1952-79, Bowman 1952-55, OPC 1965-71, and Pre-War White Sox cards
I buy them either way. Kind of like seeing the cartoons. They were meant to be scratched.
They don't even downgrade 1980 Topps hockey for having the puck scratched off of the front.
This always surprised me. You would think card #250 (Gretzky) would be worth much more unscratched (black puck), than scratched. One of the factors that goes into the grade IS surface.
Gretzky,Ripken, and Sandberg collection. Still trying to complete 1975 Topps baseball set from when I was a kid.
I saw an older grade 1964 rose. Card looked like a nuts 10. Flawless. Then I realized the scratched area was roughly 85% rubbed evenly but not full.still hard to make out the cartoon but you could clearly see it. Was a psa 9 old label starting with a 2#. With how they are on surface lately I’d think 5 is the highest grade. But that is my guess as I haven’t sent any 1964s in lately.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/324988053784?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=2o4AF8_5S-W&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=JnS7JivsRym&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
PSA 10 currently on EBay and scratched on the back. Not my card as I own no PSA10s in that era.
Are there any current recently graded 8 or better ones on eBay? That 10 was like 10 years ago I think. Surface grades are tough now
Well the 415 psa 9 Tony k on eBay right now has the back scratched. I was wrong. It looked like it was graded in the last 2 years?