Would the centering prevent this from being a psa 10?
MrVintage
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I was just wondering if the centering would prevent this card from being a psa 10? Just assuming that the corners, edges, and surface are gem, what would it grade? Thanks
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MINT 9: Mint.
A PSA Mint 9 is a superb condition card that exhibits only one of the following minor flaws: a very slight wax stain on reverse, a minor printing imperfection or slightly off-white borders. Centering must be approximately 60/40 to 65/35 or better on the front and 90/10 or better on the reverse.
That is so true. I think some people even feel that if a card is centered exactly 60/40, then it shouldn't even be a 9
<< <i>Although PSA specifies that 60/40 is allowable for a 10, I have yet to see it happen. >>
You obviously haven't seen some of 4SC's PSA 10s on eBay. He gets a ton of leeway on centering.
Always plenty of PSA-graded cards in my ebay store -- https://ebay.com/str/thelumbercompanysportscards
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It's prolly OK to call it a 9, but it's prolly not a good
idea for a collector to buy it.
Decades ago, I went through the devaluing of stamps that
were less than perfectly centered. The same thing is now
about to be fully in play with cards.
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Obviously, centering is one of the least - if not THE least - "subjective" elements of card grading.
A gorgeous 8 - that is perfectly centered - might someday/somehow make it into an 8.5 or 9 slab.
Uncentered 9s and 10s will then have to compete with those 8.5 and 9 slabs.
Does the right border start at the end of the picture, or the end of the basketball that's breaking the right border at the bottom?
WTB: 2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars Longevity: Ryan Jensen #/25
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For PSA measuring, I guess it would start at the basketball.
But, even if that makes it a sure 9, it still "looks" to be not
centered in a way that offers great "eye appeal."
I cannot tell for sure if it's slightly tilted, OR if it's just the
way it's sitting on the scanner bed.
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Working on:
Football
1973 Topps PSA 8+ (99.81%)
1976 Topps PSA 9+ (36.36%)
1977 Topps PSA 9+ (100%)
Baseball
1938 Goudey (56.25%)
1951 Topps Redbacks PSA 8 (100%)
1952 Bowman PSA 7+ (63.10%)
1953 Topps PSA 5+ (91.24%)
1973 Topps PSA 8+ (70.76%)
1985 Fleer PSA 10 (54.85%)
<< <i>For PSA measuring, I guess it would start at the basketball.
But, even if that makes it a sure 9, it still "looks" to be not
centered in a way that offers great "eye appeal."
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Well, that's the kicker. if it's measured at the baseketball, then it IS 50/50 left to right.
So, how does eye-appeal factor in when the factory specs for the card make it appear naturally OC?
WTB: 2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars Longevity: Ryan Jensen #/25
So, how does eye-appeal factor in when the factory specs for the card make it appear naturally OC? .."
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Eye-Appeal can be pretty subjective, but usually there are
reasonable limits to diversity of views.
Folks who simply want high number cards may be perfectly
happy with the way the thing "looks."
Folks who want high number cards that "look" perfect might
see it differently.
To me, the subject card will "look" like it is "oddly centered,"
no matter what the number on the slab is. The current market
might see it totally different, BUT I strongly believe the trend
is going to be toward "cards with high numbers that look perfect."
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EDIT TO ADD:
I am speculating that the basketball should be the measuring point.
I do NOT know that to be a fact.
Somebody at PSA would have the certain answer.