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Sometimes I ask "How?" and other times "Why?"

otwcardsotwcards Posts: 5,291 ✭✭✭
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For the life of me I can't figure this one out. Gorgeous centering on a notoriously difficult card to find centered, but the crease breaks the surface on the front in more than one spot. And isn't that paper loss on the back above the "OO" in FOOTBALL? Great eye appeal as long as you avoid the tears in the surface. I know if I submitted this, I'd expect a PSA 2 and would be ecstatic with a PSA 3.

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  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,602 ✭✭✭✭✭
    But how? And why?
  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,181 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't know, but for some reason, I just don't like the edges of that holder.

    Could be a crack-and-switch.


    Steve
  • mickeymantle24mickeymantle24 Posts: 2,768 ✭✭✭
    Why look at that crease, how did it get that grade
  • lsutigers1973lsutigers1973 Posts: 11,093 ✭
    The guy behind Turk is using his left hand to check his prostate.
  • otwcardsotwcards Posts: 5,291 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I don't know, but for some reason, I just don't like the edges of that holder.

    Could be a crack-and-switch. >>



    The holder looks fine. The cloudiness is not uncommon and the typical points of concern show no evidence of being compromised. I think the grader just had a sip of coffee and it fogged his glasses for a moment . . . just long enough NOT to see the crease and paper loss. image

    And I know for sure that the grader I'd get wouldn't wear glasses, has 40/20 vision and is chugging Red Bull!
  • lsutigers1973lsutigers1973 Posts: 11,093 ✭


    << <i>And I know for sure that the grader I'd get wouldn't wear glasses, has 40/20 vision and is chugging Red Bull! >>



    That's the grader I want every time. Blind and in a hurry.
  • otwcardsotwcards Posts: 5,291 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>And I know for sure that the grader I'd get wouldn't wear glasses, has 40/20 vision and is chugging Red Bull! >>



    That's the grader I want every time. Blind and in a hurry. >>



    Correction: I meant 20/10 eyesight (can see at 20 feet what the average person sees at 10 feet).
  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭



    "I don't interest myself in why.

    I think more often in terms of when,

    sometimes where,

    always how much."
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  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭


    << <i>The guy behind Turk is using his left hand to check his prostate. >>




    THAT, my friend ... was funny as hell!
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
  • bigreddogbigreddog Posts: 1,156
    Its PSA, what more can you say
  • mtcardsmtcards Posts: 3,340 ✭✭✭
    I agree. I have sent in a couple of 48/49 Leaf Baseball over the past year, all with reasonable sharp corners and no creases, just off center, slight color disorientation and a little stainage on the back and they all came back 4's. How a crease makes it past a 1 or 2 is beyond me.
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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    A 4 is very generous, IMO a 3 is more like it.

    I think the overall eye appeal and the fact the crease is where it is
    allowed it the grade it received.

    Not that I agree with that, I just think that may be the factor.

    Steve
    Good for you.
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Storm is spot on in his assessment all that matters really is how much.


    The market usually takes care of these things.


    Steve
    Good for you.
  • alnavmanalnavman Posts: 4,129 ✭✭✭
    maybe the crease occurred after it was slabbedimage
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