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Question about grade qualifiers (OC, etc)

Ichiro51fanIchiro51fan Posts: 379
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OK, I'm a bit confused how qualifiers are viewed in relation to the overall value of a graded PSA card. From my understanding of the verbiage on their website, I thought that a card graded 9(OC) is essentially a card that would have been a 9 w/NQ, except that it exceeded the centering threshhold for a 9. Based on this, I would assume a straight 9 would be highest valued, then the 9(OC), then an 8, then an 8(OC), etc.

However, the reason I question this is the order that PSA shows these in on their population report pages. 10-9Q-9-8Q-8, etc. This leads me to believe that a 9 (OC) card would be valued somewhere between a 10 and a 9, not a 9 and an 8.

Can someone please explain this to me?
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  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    Sales on Ebay tend to show a qualified card selling for around the same as an unqualified card 2 grades lower, with a few exceptions based on eye-appeal.
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  • jimq112jimq112 Posts: 3,511 ✭✭✭
    Jim, when the grades are counted in the registry sets a 9 oc is equal to a 7. They deduct 2 grade points for a qualifier on the higher graded cards. So even though a 9 oc may have the same centering as an 8 and have sharper corners, it's worth the same as a 7 in the registry. That has carried over into ebay and mostly a 9 oc is worth less than a straight 8.

    The pop report has it that way so you're not looking all over the place. I wish some of my 9oc cards were worth more than an 8!!
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