I hate it when my PSA 6 is better than my PSA 8
Wondo
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I've got a couple of 1971 Milk Duds Rose cards one graded 8 and the other graded 6. The 8 really belongs in a 4 holder, IMHO.
Now, I paid good money for the 8, but it came in mid-Dec with about 100 other cards and I obviously didn't pay enough attention.
What to do?
Wondo
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Option C) Keep the 6 and sell the 8
It's all up to you, John. Most of us here have had similar experiences. I have had some Registry experiences where I tend to be competitive and sometimes will defer to the holder even though my eye says the 8 is better than the 9. For my personal collection (long-term collection, that is), I keep the highest quality cards. Eye appeal rules much more than a numerical grade that was (sometimes) arbitrarily awarded by PSA or any other grading company.
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'fraid that is pretty much the case.
"Buy the Slab, Not the Card."
The market does not care much what the card looks like.
The market wants wealth-creation via high numerical grades.
Often, non-professional graders (like most of us here) do not
see the pos/neg aspects of a card that the pros catch with
high-mag, great lighting, and carefull study.
True EX/MNT cards are cards that at first look would have been gems.
They were usually centered well, have nice ink and gloss etc. They are allowed 2 soft corners.
A card graded PSA 8 can be centered 70/30 and have a soft corner have a dot etc.
I have a few 6's that I too favor over some 8's
In the Coin world a coin graded AU58 can be much nicer then one graded Mint state 60 or even 61 for that matter.
Steve