new 1935 goudey variation

lseecon

Wow, looks like PSA was really on top of this grading. Check this out, the players first names are handwritten on to the card and the card gets graded as PSA 3 with no "MK" designation............pretty shoddy grading work

http://cgi.ebay.com/1935-GOUDEY-4-IN-1-WANER-HOYT-WANER-BUSH-PSA-3_W0QQitemZ190034153136QQihZ009QQcategoryZ86843QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Griffins

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MorrellMan

you sure those names aren't written on the slab?

yawie99

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aro13

It looks like they missed steps 3, 4 and 5

JonB

If PSA is smart they will win that auction at any cost and destoy the card and holder when they receive it.

yawie99

I think it's already been established that they're not.

transparent

I'm not sure if this applied, but I believe that you can ask not to have qualifiers on your cards. MK is a qualifier. If you ask for this, instead of adding a qualifier they mark it down two extra grades (I.E. a PSA 5 MK would be a PSA 3).

Paul H.

Griffins

Nope. No qualifiers is basically for centering, and it's not necessarily 2 grades- it's whatever the centering tolerance is for a given grade. No way can you escape a qualifier for mk, unless, like this card, you get Stevie Wonder for a grader.
So much for the 3 grader review- this had to be 1 and out.

JonB

Yes, I have seen T206 cards that are graded PSA 1 (MK). If there is any type of marking on the card it gets an MK qualifier, regardless of the grade.... let me rephrase.... it is supposed to get an MK qualifier.

... at least that is what I have always seen and understood the rule to be

1954

I have about six or so graded PSA 1mk in my Tip Top Bread set. The qualifier can not be waived. This is a classic example of one grader looking at the card and not three as PSA claims. I think I would buy the card and take it off the market if that was my company.

Shane

transparent

Thanks! I stand corrected!

I have never sent in a card with a mark on it, only cards that were off center or miscut - and they always waived the qualifiers for me if I asked. Generally, I don't mind qualifers on nice cards - a PSA 9OC says a lot more about a card than PSA 7 does. And I absolutely agree that marks should ALWAYS get the MK.

Paul H.