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Mickey MaysMickey Mays Posts: 289 ✭✭✭
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I have a 1967 Seaver rookie card that's in so-so condition, PSA 5-6-7 maybe, except for the fact it has small pen marks on the back of the card. Will PSA grade the card and how much lower of a grade will I get because of the pen marks ?





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  • mtcardsmtcards Posts: 3,340 ✭✭✭
    I thought it was automatically 5 grades less before condition, but not really sure
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  • DialjDialj Posts: 1,636 ✭✭
    You have two options based on my experiences with this matter.
    1. Submit the card requesting No Qualifier, card will come back lower than if no request.
    2. Submit the card without requesting No Qualifier, and card comes back with a higher grade and a Qualifiter, which in this case would be MK for marked.
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  • cpettimdcpettimd Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭
    I do not think you can receive any numerical grade without a qualifier in this case. Also looking at the back of the the card there is no chance that it would be a PSA 7- way too much corner wear
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  • travis ttravis t Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭
    It is.....gulp - miscut, and may not even earn a trip into a PSA holder for any grading level.
  • jay0791jay0791 Posts: 3,574 ✭✭✭✭
    Judging from the back alone it has no chance for a 7

    as above stated you can request no qualifiers and take the grade (they usually subtract 2 grades) or get the MK.
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  • DialjDialj Posts: 1,636 ✭✭
    cpettimd, I stand corrected. I just got off the phone with PSA and the rep stated that the only two qualifiers that cannot be request (No Qual) are MK and MC. He said he didn't know if this was a change from years ago, but was the current policy. I had a card that had a pencil mark on it many years ago, but it could be that PSA just "missed the mark" on the card. Thanks for mentioning this!!!!
    "A full mind is an empty bat." Ty Cobb

    Currently collecting 1934 Butterfinger, 1969 Nabisco, 1991 Topps Desert Shield (in PSA 9 or 10), and 1990 Donruss Learning Series (in PSA 10).
  • DanBessetteDanBessette Posts: 6,421 ✭✭✭
    You won't avoid the MK and that's not a 7. Looks like a PSA 5MK to me, which counts as a PSA 3 for registry purposes.
  • Mickey MaysMickey Mays Posts: 289 ✭✭✭
    The front of the card looks much better, do you think its worth grading or not ?



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  • jfkheatjfkheat Posts: 2,746 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looking at the front of the card, I think a 5mk would be generous.

    James



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  • vintagefunvintagefun Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭
    I would grade it, but corners, tilt and centering will land it in a 5 best case, plus the MK qualifier.

    Good Luck.

    Still a nice card.
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  • DanBessetteDanBessette Posts: 6,421 ✭✭✭
    I amend my comment. Those corners make it a 4MK
  • divecchiadivecchia Posts: 6,688 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I agree with Dan and would also grade this card a 4MK. It would only be a $250-$350 card in that grade.



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