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.5 grades rare?

MiresMires Posts: 71
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Just wondering, but why are there so few .5 grades by PSA? Do collectors prefer whole grades over .5 grades? I have a 1974 Topps Pete Maravich #10 PSA 8.5 and it's pop 1 while PSA 8 is pop 119.

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    DialjDialj Posts: 1,636 ✭✭
    Sometimes I think it depends on how the graders' first cup of coffee tastes.
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    Currently collecting 1934 Butterfinger, 1969 Nabisco, 1991 Topps Desert Shield (in PSA 9 or 10), and 1990 Donruss Learning Series (in PSA 10).
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    DetroitSquirreLDetroitSquirreL Posts: 742
    I like the 1/2 grades...it used to be if it was a nice 8 BUT could maybe be a 9...it usually got stuck with a 8...but a 8.5 is nicer to know that it almost was a 9 then a really nice looking 8....just my 2 cents
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    JoeBanzaiJoeBanzai Posts: 11,233 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think the .5 grade is a great idea. I think the graders are not used to using it, old habits and thinking die hard. I would bet the .5 grade comes in more as a "compromise" grade when two graders disagree on a card.

    I recently sold a 1971 Killebrew 8.5 and it sold for much closer to the 8 price than the 9.

    Joe
    2013,14 and 15 Certificate Award Winner Harmon Killebrew Master Set and Master Topps Set
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    RampageRampage Posts: 9,418 ✭✭✭✭
    I just had a 1962 Bubbles Mars Attacks Number 52 card grade 8.5. Really sweet looking card. I am not looking at the pop now, but I think it is a pop 1 with 1 higher (9).



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    skinnyjhskinnyjh Posts: 121 ✭✭
    The .5 grades have only been out for a few years, so many of the 119 PSA 8s were not able to be 7.5s or 8.5s at the time.
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    MiresMires Posts: 71
    Thanks for all the replies. I didn't know if it was a new thing or not. It looks better than an 8 to me and it was a fraction of the cost of a 9. BTW, I got PSA to release the cert. today because it was registered to the previous owner.

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    TheCARDKidTheCARDKid Posts: 1,496 ✭
    Mires,

    Did you see Maravich last week on Up Close Classic (on ESPN Classic). It's on early in the morning. Featuring 80's or 90's sports stars.

    I was too young to see Maravich play, but some interesting stories. Like his dad made him dribble around the house. He use to practice dribbling from a moving car?
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    MiresMires Posts: 71
    I didn't catch it but it sounds good. I never saw him play either, since I was born 1 year after his retirement, but he was different and definitely ahead of his time. There are a couple of good books about him I need to pick up and read. When I started looking at vintage players to collect I started searching Youtube for videos and his game grabbed my attention. The more I found out about him the more interested I became.
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