I just wish there was a bit more consistency, that's all...

scooter729

I just looked at this listing on eBay for an E103 caramel card with multiple heavy creases, which got a PSA 2.

Then on the other end of the spectrum is my Cracker Jack card pictured below, also graded PSA 2. (FWIW, I bought it graded.) I cracked out the card, sent it in and it (consistently) got a PSA 2 again. I actually called and asked them to review again and make sure of the grade before shipping, which I was told they did, but it remained a 2. I have no idea why - no paper loss, no creases, no nothing. I haven't received it back in the mail yet, to see if they noted on the holder why it graded a 2 as I requested, but I'm curious, since I went over this thing so closely and couldn't find a problem.

How can these two cards grade the same? I just want some consistency, that's all...

The Brown on eBay...


My Cracker Jack...

cwazzy

Obviously there is some consistency if the card graded a 2 multiple times...

It's a nice card. But there's obviously some small amount of paper loss on the back somewhere. It is what it is. It's still a great card and worth more than the average 2. But it obviously will never the 7 or 8 that it appears to be.

KbKards

A card can receive a grade of 2 for all sorts of reasons. Your card is a good example of why sellers who are grading haters dislike grading. You're obviously not noticing the fact that the card was once pasted in an album. Advertised in a 2 holder the card could sell for as low as 69.99 in an Ebay auction that few people notice. Popped out and sold raw to somebody who thinks they're buying a NM card and it will sell for 10 times more.

scooter729

I get it, and both of you have valid points. It's just funny to me to see something like the heavily-creased Brown card to be considered as having the same grade as the CJ Peckinpaugh. Image quality really should account for more than it does.

It's the same thing to me with Old Judge N172's that have faded pictures - seeing a card with a barely-visible picture being graded much higher than a card with a bold image. Like this one which got a PSA 8, when the image is faded.

itzagoner

i'm envisioning a future of cards classified as PLOB.

that Peckinpaugh card could serve as an example of what a PSA 8(PLOB) should look like, the eye appeal is fantastic and there is no way to compare or classify the two PSA 2 examples in this thread the same way, one is obvious, while the other deserves an explanation.

the registry could expand on this too, and the doors will be opened for PLOB collectors all around the globe.

more pre-war vintage will hit the market and it will no longer be shameful to own a scrapbook.

stevek

The Cracker Jack could have had stains and water damage, which was cleaned up and bleached - Just a guess.