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Here's my Topps Sakic PSA 7, just for drewsef

EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
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Well, I want to thank PSA for getting my order out to me in 1 day.
Here's my disappointment and the card still looks exactly the same as I sent it in. I can't see anything wrong with it.
Scans of the front, back, and top edge corners, and bottom edge corners. All 4 corners are sharp. Can you guys see anything I'm missing? A 7? The greatest 7 in the world.

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  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    Is the surface of the card perfectly flat? Are there any indentations of any kind on it?

    I've had a few cards that looked perfect, but had slight indentations on the surface. They always came back as 7s.
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  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    Really hard to see the surface through the holder, but gliding and rotating the holder under a light, I can't see any indentation. There may be a break in the surface. I hear "break in the surface" a lot. What exactly does that mean? It's smooth then stops? If someone can clarify.
  • mexpo75mexpo75 Posts: 1,938 ✭✭✭✭
    That is really terrible. I can see NO reason why that would not be a minimum of 9. Based on the last sub you posted, you obviously know what you are looking at. Sorry that happened. That really will make me think long and hard about submitting anything for a review.
    PackManInNC
  • richtreerichtree Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭
    are those print dots over the TOPPS TM on the back of the card ????
    Buying:
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    81 Topps Art Howe (black smear above hat)
    91 D A. Hawkins BC-12 “Pitcher”
  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    Yup, those are print dots. None on front.
  • mexpo75mexpo75 Posts: 1,938 ✭✭✭✭
    Regardless, those print dots should not bring the grade down, IMO.
    PackManInNC
  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    Hmm, from the zoomed-in scan, it looks as if the lower-right corner has a ding.
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  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    The lower right corner is sharp. I think cos it's a slight bit
    darker on that side of the scan which may give it the illusion which I also noticed after looking at the scan, but it's a sharp corner, no dings. I may have to resub....I dunno anymore.
  • thedutymonthedutymon Posts: 4,323 ✭
    Eagle,
    That's a Re-Sub all day long...That is a Crack and Re-Sub!!!!

    Neil
    Actually Collect Non Sport, but am just so full of myself I post all over the place !!!!!!!
  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    Yea, I'm about to crack this puppy in a little bit along with a couple of PSA 9s. I'll look at it closer again. Who knows, I may of missed something. image
  • drewsefdrewsef Posts: 1,894 ✭✭
    You guys are a trip. Get 99 out of 100 cards your happy with, 91 of which are 10's, back less than a month, received a day after being shipped, and the one card you don't agree with gets two threads that are worthy of saying WTF? image
  • divecchiadivecchia Posts: 6,688 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It looks like it is definitely worth a resub...

    Good luck...Donato
    Hobbyist & Collector (not an investor).
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  • milbrocomilbroco Posts: 2,773 ✭✭✭✭
    To me it seems like there is a ding in the bottom right corner. However, my eyes are not what they used to be. Did you use a magnification loope?
    Bob
    ebay seller name milbroco
    email bcmiller7@comcast.net
  • MeteoriteGuyMeteoriteGuy Posts: 7,140 ✭✭


    << <i>You guys are a trip. Get 99 out of 100 cards your happy with, 91 of which are 10's, back less than a month, received a day after being shipped, and the one card you don't agree with gets two threads that are worthy of saying WTF? image >>



    That is what I was thinking.

    "Can you guys see anything I'm missing?"

    The big pichure.
    Collecting PSA graded Steve Young, Marcus Allen, Bret Saberhagen and 1980s Topps Cards.
    Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
  • mike22y2kmike22y2k Posts: 325 ✭
    Working my way to #1 1979 Topps Hockey
    I know it's going to be tough!
  • wallst32wallst32 Posts: 513 ✭✭
    You need to review the corners and edges under magnicifcation. 1989 Topps hockey paper stock is a lot like 1986 Topps football. To the naked eye, everything may appear perfect, but under magnification, you start seeing tons of chips and loss of the top surface. 1989 Topps hockey is much worse of course. There is a reason why that card is so tough to get in high grade.
  • RedHeart54RedHeart54 Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭
    They seem to be tough on that card. I also sent one in I thought was a lock 9. Came back an 8.
  • CoinRuckusCoinRuckus Posts: 116
    This is a prime example of why instant replay should be introduced
  • PistolPete7PistolPete7 Posts: 6
    You can always break and resub.
  • mike22y2kmike22y2k Posts: 325 ✭
    The card looks slanted in the Joe Sakic banner. I sent in 20 OPC and Topps a few years ago and received only (1) PSA 9 of each. The problem with all the cards I submitted were that they all had small indentations from the machine that cuts them on the surface. Never noticed them before I got back the submission back. This card is located in a bad place on the sheet. This is the money card of the set. Just my opinion.
    Working my way to #1 1979 Topps Hockey
    I know it's going to be tough!
  • CoinRuckusCoinRuckus Posts: 116


    << <i>You can always break and resub. >>



    Get in touch with Gecko. He will give you $30 since you own a Wilt Chamberlain autographed card.
  • PistolPete7PistolPete7 Posts: 6


    << <i>

    << <i>You can always break and resub. >>



    Get in touch with Gecko. He will give you $30 since you own a Wilt Chamberlain autographed card. >>




    I am not sure what this means, but thanks I think?
  • otwcardsotwcards Posts: 5,291 ✭✭✭
    From what I remember, it appears that there's an excessive amount of black ink in the image. The example posted appears much darker than the norm. Not uncommon, but definitely something that drops MINT grades to NM...
  • goyegoye Posts: 454 ✭✭
    On the backside pinkish area, to the left of the S in Sakic, and above the t in weight, 1/2 by 1/2 area? Same discoloration on the left side edge of pinkish area?

    Or do I see scanner dust?

    Edited to add: Is there a line going straight up from the W in weight through the pinkish and red area's? Like where the edge of the wax would be on the first fold?
    1985-86 O Pee Chee PSA 910 Hockey
  • otwcardsotwcards Posts: 5,291 ✭✭✭
    Went back and looked at my Sakics... There's way too much black on the front of the image that you posted. It's not a registration issue, but one that almost always results in at least a two grade drop.
  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,179 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Look at the top-left of the N in the Nordique logo on the bottom-right of the card. Looks like a stain or something.


    Steve
  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Look at the top-left of the N in the Nordique logo on the bottom-right of the card. Looks like a stain or something.


    Steve >>





    I think we have a winner, good eye!!!
  • GarabaldiGarabaldi Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭
    This is why for a small fee PSA should tell you why it is a 7. With the technology that we have these days how hard is it to type a few lines on the cert# page.
  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    Look at the top-left of the N in the Nordique logo on the bottom-right of the card. Looks like a stain or something.

    Nice catch Steve. I missed it all together. Not only does it look like a stain of sorts, but on that same spot, the surface is like a small hill. Kind of like a reverse indentation is the only way I can describe it. Maybe mixed in with the 2 print dots on the back to get the total.
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,601 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>.......Not only does it look like a stain of sorts, but on that same spot, the surface is like a small hill. Kind of like a reverse indentation is the only way I can describe it......... >>



    I had the same exact thing on a 1975 Joe Torre and they gave it a PSA 9 with a PD qualifier.
  • drewsefdrewsef Posts: 1,894 ✭✭
    maybe changing the title of the thread is in order
  • drewsefdrewsef Posts: 1,894 ✭✭
    You're the greatest Bryan.
  • jojowestjojowest Posts: 102
    Looks like an 8-8.5. You got ripped.
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,487 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have an OPC Sakic from a membership sub and yours looks as good as this one:

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    Unfortunately, it probably isn't worth resub'ing?

    Definitely looks way better than a 7.
    Mike
  • goyegoye Posts: 454 ✭✭
    Quite the gracious 9, you have there........go figure

    goye
    1985-86 O Pee Chee PSA 910 Hockey
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