PSA Grading Standards for Kellogg's Cards
charliehustle14
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Hi Guys,
I just wondered if anyone had any insight/experience with PSA's grading of Kellogg's cards. In my mind, they have a number of possible defects that are not possible on typical card stock cards:
1) For starters, everyone knows that these cards are subject to cracking....sometimes even after they have been graded/holdered. YUCK!
2) Due to the plastic surface, they are VERY susceptible to scratching.
3) Since these cards were initially attached to other cards and perforated, corners and edges can be less than perfect.
4) The paper stock sometimes becomes separated from the plastic top layer causing "bubbles" and sometimes very small imperfections.
5) What would normally be a corner ding on a card stock card often is a "cracked corner".
Obviously "normal" corner damage, centering, print smudges, creases, writing, stains, etc. can be understood to affect a card's condition in the normal way, but what about the above conditions? Is there any kind of allowance made for corners and edges if they look less than perfect only because that's the way they separated from the other cards? Can a card with an ultra-light scratch on the front have the possibility of obtaining a high grade? It would be nice if PSA could clarify grading standards for Kellogg's cards.
Thanks in advance for any info anyone can offer.
Todd
I just wondered if anyone had any insight/experience with PSA's grading of Kellogg's cards. In my mind, they have a number of possible defects that are not possible on typical card stock cards:
1) For starters, everyone knows that these cards are subject to cracking....sometimes even after they have been graded/holdered. YUCK!
2) Due to the plastic surface, they are VERY susceptible to scratching.
3) Since these cards were initially attached to other cards and perforated, corners and edges can be less than perfect.
4) The paper stock sometimes becomes separated from the plastic top layer causing "bubbles" and sometimes very small imperfections.
5) What would normally be a corner ding on a card stock card often is a "cracked corner".
Obviously "normal" corner damage, centering, print smudges, creases, writing, stains, etc. can be understood to affect a card's condition in the normal way, but what about the above conditions? Is there any kind of allowance made for corners and edges if they look less than perfect only because that's the way they separated from the other cards? Can a card with an ultra-light scratch on the front have the possibility of obtaining a high grade? It would be nice if PSA could clarify grading standards for Kellogg's cards.
Thanks in advance for any info anyone can offer.
Todd
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Mark
<< <i>I've just about given up on getting graded ones off ebay back to me without cracks. I've won 2 different 1974 N. Ryans (PSA 9's) and a 1970 J. Bench PSA 9 and all 3 arrived cracked. But I've never had any raw cards arrive cracked. Things that make you go hummmmm!!!!!! >>
I think you've been very unlucky -- or I have been fortunate. I have acquired and graded many Kelloggs, from 1970 into the '80s, without seeing the cracks that you and others have mentioned. If an early 1970s Kelloggs hasn't cracked in the past 30 years, I would think it probably isn't going to.
Is the theory that the cracks are caused by mere age or by being forced into an uncurled position in the holder? If age, why are all or most Kelloggs past a certain age not cracked? If the holder, why are all or most of the graded Kelloggs not cracked?
<< <i>psa standards are the same for all cards. they don't make any exceptions,for age or card stock.so kellogs are graded the same as any other card. >>
I hope you are being sarcastic.