PSA 1 with no qualifiers!

jrinck

1959 Topps Mantle PSA 1

I'm sure the seller and the auction are totally legit, but I find it funny that he goes out of his way to mention that this PSA 1 has no qualifiers.

Well that does it! No qualifiers? I'm bidding!

Knuckles

I'll give that my own qualifier.

POS

lostdart58

Who would like to venture a guess how much it will sell for??

My guess is $68.55 (which is about $20 more then it is worth) IMHO

poolman

This one looks like it could be a PSA 0 if they had one. Poor to fair?

jmbkb4

It certainly is "one of a kind."

denwd1

looks as if it went thru the wash

ldferg

oh my gosh. if this is a 1 mine is a 10...i'll post a scan of my 59 psa 1. unbelievable in the difference.

HoofHearted

I'd like to see a scan of the back before I even thought about bidding on this historic card...

hh

baseballfanatic

<< <i>oh my gosh. if this is a 1 mine is a 10...i'll post a scan of my 59 psa 1. unbelievable in the difference. >>



I was thinking the same thing about a lot of my cards.....

detroitfan2

This is a perfect example of why PSA needs the BS (bicycle spokes) qualifier, even for PSA 1 cards.

studentT206

I've received cards that looked great with a PSA 1 grade and it was just because of some "spider web" wrinkling. PSA needs to do something about low end 1's and high end 1's. Ridiculous.

Damian

A761506

I like the PSA grading scale, however, this is one area where it is flawed severly. Cards that find their way into PSA 1 holders are all classified in the same boat, but there are certain PSA 1's that are a heck of a lot nicer than others. That Mantle is a total piece of junk, even calling it POOR is overstating it. I've seen other PSA 1 which have beautiful looking cards but perhaps have back damage. Sometime the back damage is light, sometimes it's terrible. I'd like to see PSA adopt a PSA 0 grade, perhaps calling that grade FILLER. I also wouldn't mind seeing a 1.5 to designate a card which is Fair from a card which is Poor.

eddiev

It went through the wind tunnel for testing

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pandrews

jrinck

Wow, that's a darn nice "1".

The nicest "1" I ever saw, though, was a PSA 1 '71 Topps Yaz. It looked GEM MINT, and the reason for the "1" was a tiny pin hole that was obscured near some of the lettering. One of you on the board may own it. It was around a few years ago that the auction for it was on Ebay. I should have bid.

eyebone

The example I am about to offer is in stark contrast to the example offered by jrinck, and demonstrates why some grading companies aren't worth beans.

A fews years ago I acquired a 1969 OPC Deckle card of Roberto Clemente. It was a gorgeous card with the exception of two tiny--but obvious--pinholes (I think the card had been stapled). I submitted it to an on-site grader (won't bother mentioning the name, but suffice to say they are no longer in business) at the Toronto Sports Card Expo, and it came back a NM-MT 8.

Eyebone

bobbybakeriv

I'll give that my own qualifier. POS

That is hilarious. I agree with Knuckles.

HoofHearted

A761506,

Excellent idea!! I hope one of the fine folks at PSA reads your suggestion of a PSA 0 (Filler) grade. That's all that type of card is good for. No way does pandrew's much nicer '33 Goudey belong in the same class as that Mantle...

hh oo

ldferg

here's mine in comparison to the other one. sorry for the large scan of mine. maybe i should resubmit...

kingraider75

well there isn't a grade worse than a 1, so I guess it's kinda like getting an "F" in school. Whether it was with 50% or 20% correct, it's still an F! lol

Gotta love a true filler card though.

NickM

This is an acceptable filler to me. The entire card is still there, and there is no paper loss on the front, although the heavy creases do break the surface. There's also nothing that appears to be a major tear.

It has been my pet peeve too on that PSA will give a vintage HOFer that is F/G the same grade as a card that has been abused almost to the point of unrecognizability. It has probably kept me from submitting several that would fill holes in my HOF Player Set.

Nick

tcbphd

Can't they give a card "authentic" instead of a grade?

HoofHearted

<< <i>Can't they give a card "authentic" instead of a grade? >>



Wow, another great suggestion using the tools already available! Wish I woulda thought of that!

You may be getting a job offer from PSA next week...

hh

dizzyfoxx

That one was safely stored in some kid's back pocket for years!