Grading conundrum -- old card encased in new card

Elemenopeo

I came across an auction for this card today and it got me to wondering about how PSA would go about grading it. It's a 2006 Topps Allen & Ginter insert with an original 1887 Allen & Ginter encased inside it.

I suppose if you sent it into PSA they would have to grade just the 2006 part of the card and not both. Even so, the wording on the flip could get a little tricky. An interesting dilemma, I think...

yawie99

I would think you'd have to remove the card from the Topps holder before submitting it. I'm not sure why one wouldn't do that anyway.

schr1st

That's the first non-bird or building A&G Buyback I've seen. Wonder it it's been trimmed (or if it just looks off because of the Topps case it's in)

Elemenopeo

Yeah, I imagine that it's unlikely someone would submit the card as is, but I'm just curious how PSA would handle it if they did.

... as to whether it's trimmed, I don't know, but the back of the card is a mess... lots of paper loss and writing on it.

A761506

Well, since the card would only get a 1 MK if you took it out of the Topps card, I think it's worth taking a shot and sending it in as a 2006 Topps card and see what they do. I would think that they would grade it as a 2006 Topps card, since that is how it was issued by the manufacturer. It would be pretty hysterical if they stuck a 9 or 10 on it because the Topps issued frame is mint, and since the A&G card is encased within the card, the back damage or condition of the A&G card altogether theoretically wouldn't matter because the actual surface of the Topps card is the poly that is encasing the A&G, and it is smooth and mint.

Then again, they could just reject it altogether because they wouldn't know how to handle it either.

LWMM

Maybe something like this?
2006 Topps Allen & Ginter
Original Buybacks
Capt. Jack Glasscock