How does PSA treat a surface "bubble"?

frankhardy

Every once in a while, I will notice a card with a surface "bubble" on it, particularly on 1980's Topps. How does PSA treat those? Do they knock off one grade?

cardexpert1980

depends how bad the bubble is. if it is really easy to see then it sometimes will nock it down to a 7 or 8. if it is slight and not to noticable it can still grade a 9 and if the grader misses it you can still get a 10 i have seen 80's cards with this flaw in PSA 10

gemint

I recently submitted a PSA 8 1971 Blyleven for review and it came back in the 8 holder with a sticker pointing to the small surface bubble as the reason it didn't bump. I also have a 1972 Clemente I pulled from a pack that graded an 8. The only flaw is a significant surface bubble. I would say the best you can hope for is a PSA 8 on those cards. I don't believe I've ever gotten a 9 on a card with a surface bubble. Maybe others on here have and can give examples.

Edited to add that I missed the post from 'cardexpert' stating they had seen PSA 10s with a bubble.

MULLINS5

they "pop" it.

[peter laugh]

no, seriously, I have bought some 9s with a small bubble, not sure if it was somethig missed or accepted. I've sent some in with a slight bubble and they come back 4-6, could be something I am not seeing, but if I had to guess I would say the bubbles knocked those down a couple grades. I would call PSA and see their policy on how they treat these bubbles.

to be continued? let us know how it turns out.

Patrick