psa 8 diamond cut

pandrews · November 5, 2004 10:37PM

how often do these get 8's?

yawie99 · November 5, 2004 11:19PM

Man, that's ugly. But it's probably not that uncommon. '68-69 hockey cards are notorious for diamond cuts. I bet a third of the PSA 8's from that set show at least some degree of tilt with some of those as bad as this Santo.

Buccaneer · November 5, 2004 11:21PM

Yet if this same card , minus its diamond cut, had a microscopic wrinkle on back, it would be a PSA 5 or 6.

packCollector · November 5, 2004 11:28PM

this one should have been ungraded and returned miscut as it isn't even close to a rectangle. if it falls within the guidelines at the worst point and is a rectangle then it should be a psa 8. this one probably shouldn't be. happens all the time on hockey and 66 philly football but they do qualify when you measure them up.

ctsoxfan · November 6, 2004 12:24AM

Yikes - what the heck happened there? I have had cards barely OC that received the dreaded qualifier, but that one slipped through clean? Has to be a mistake by PSA - no way that is normal.

MorrellMan · November 6, 2004 5:41AM

Got to agree with the concensus on this one - that definitely looks like a case of the grader missing the forest for the trees.

DaveRead · November 6, 2004 11:46AM

That's got to be one of the most severe diamond cuts that I've ever seen not get a qualifier - and it's one fugly card.

perkdog · November 7, 2004 6:08AM

Yikes! Hopefully I can slip one of my cards through and have it be mistaken for a 10.

mudflap02 · November 7, 2004 6:54AM

To stir the pot a little:

Yes, that Santo is one fugly card. However, it is sitting crooked in the holder, which isn't helping its case much. I think the tilt in the holder only accentuates what is already a horrible diamond cut. Along the same lines, have a look at these two I noticed in the new Mile High Catalog:

The bottom on this card looks a little uneven, or is it just me?

Now this card I don't get at all. Notice the cut on the right side of the card is straight the entire way down, and on the left side it moves sharply to the right as you progress down the side. Maybe the production standards (and grading) were slacker for Old Judges? Probably the only time a 1975 Topps card will be compared to an OJ.

jaybyrd · November 7, 2004 6:57AM

PSA - Way past time for a qualifier for the dreaded diamond cut cards. Off center cards have a qualifier, which usually look a lot better than the above mentioned card.

Couldn't imagine buying that card sight unseen and having it arriving in the mail looking that that.

kalch23 · November 7, 2004 8:18AM

Two new qualifiers for PSA to consider....

DC- diamond cut
SC- sheet cut

any others?

Buccaneer · November 7, 2004 9:00AM

<< <i>Two new qualifiers for PSA to consider....

DC- diamond cut
SC- sheet cut

any others? >>

MG = errors only under Magnifying Glass?

MorrellMan · November 7, 2004 9:03AM

<< <i>The bottom on this card looks a little uneven, or is it just me? >>

MF - I've never heard anyone call you uneven but perhaps you are: I don't see where the Santo card is sitting uneven in the holder - maybe it's me.

Shouldn't there be some sort of descriptive qualifier for this one:

...fortunately, I saw the card before I won it - if I hadn't I might be a little curious as to why it didn't have a FFIAVOO qualifier (Found Floating In A Vat Of Oil)....

mudflap02 · November 7, 2004 9:03AM

10 (FD)

10 (From a distance)

BugOnTheRug · November 8, 2004 1:16AM

<< <i>how often do these get 8's? >>

Every 15 minutes.

What's worse than this??

1) The person who submitted the card in the first place.
2) The person who buys the card if it's for sale.

BOTR

psa 8 diamond cut

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