Raw Cards are shaped like Pringles Potato Chips..Hurt PSA Scores?

PDUB

They appear to be mint cards, but are shaped like Pringles ...how does this happen to cards and will it decrease value and most importantly the PSA Grade?

Wabittwax

Are you talking about a vending curl? Does the card curl from top to bottom or side to side also? The regular top to bottom curl comes from vending and it doesn't hurt the grade at all IMO. The only way I could think of a card bending 2 directions is maybe from water damage which would make it not worth grading anyways.

qualitycards

PDUB - Your link doesn't come up for me...jay

onlychild

I was wondering the same thing. There was a thread a few weeks ago about this subject.

I finally opened my 1982 Fleer baseball set. Each card was more mint then the next, each with perfect or near perfect centering, bright colors and pack fresh gloss. I couldn't beleive that a set could look so nice. The only problem was each card is slightly warped. I also have a few Kelloggs (spelling) sets with he same shape. My thought is that PSA will not downgrade the cards if there not way out of shape.

Kevin

MorrellMan

kevin - I trust you mean curled when you said warped - I have half a dozen '82 Fleer sets and a 5000 count box of singles - each card as curled top to bottom as the next.

onlychild

Yes, curled is a more appropriate term. The Cal is all but perfect but "curled." Should I send it in?

Kevin

qualitycards

Once you put a curled card in a top loader, it flattens itself out. Some Kelloggs cards can crack if the curl is too severe and when flattened the top layer may crack. On regular cardboard cards, the damage is less likely to ocurr...jay

kehfee

I've had curled cards and they straighten out in a top loader. The only way it would be bad is if the curling created minor creases that you might not be able to see with the naked eye.