Max grade on this Yaz rookie?
CARDSINLOSANGELES
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Guidance on this? As you can see, card is sharp and pretty well centered on front, but the back is miscut. if i submitted with no quals, what do you think best it could do?
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With no qual, probably a 4.5-5. Too bad about the back centering, beautiful card otherwise.
Bet you couldn't get back without the qual. I would think it would be OC and MC because its technically not miss cut since the front is centered. Therefor it's off center. 5 OC I'd say
Even if you request NQ, this will still get a MC since you can see a portion of another card on the back. My guess is a 5(MC), though you might get a 6(MC) on a good day.
Q: Can I request “No Qualifiers” on my submission?
A: You can make this request and it could mean that the original grade may lower. Also, while you may request no qualifiers on your submission, it is up to the discretion of our graders to determine if the qualifier can be removed. The qualifier can not be left off in all instances and no refund will be given if we determine that we can not remove the qualifier.
ETA: Even as a 5(MC), it wouldn't surprise me if this card gets PSA 4-4.5 money with the front eye appeal being much better than your average 3 and quite a few 4s.
That card is miscut on the back and it will likely get the MC qualifier even if you ask for a no qualier. I'd venture to guess a PSA 5MC for a grade.
I agree with Kyle that it will likely get better money than it grades because of the eye appeal and centering of the front.
Good luck if you send it in.
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Unless they are on the scanner, the various blue marks throughout the front of the card will hurt the grade as well. And the pinkish/purple (fish eyes?) spots on the front detract as well.
This, like just about every Yaz rookie, is PD city. I'm not sure there's another sportscard that has as many possible print defects as the Yaz rookie. If you're looking at it horizontally, there can be:
• black lines across the top half
• black smudges in the top-left quadrant
• fish eyes in the red/white/blue banner
• red lines across the bottom half
• a black line through his name
• a red line through the team name
• registration issues with the photo
• black smudges in the photo
• fish eyes and color bubbles in the orange
Now, I realize that some may say "well any card could have any kind of print defect." But the Yaz rookie almost always has most of these. It's uncanny. I set out to buy a PSA 8 Yaz with the idea of finding a perfectly printed example. As time went by, I got to the point where I completely abandoned all standards in centering and corner sharpness and was willing to take even a 4 if it was cleanly printed. I finally settled on the 7 below, and even that is not without its flaws. There are some faint red lines on the bottom right that are visible to the named eye and one on the bottom left that isn't visible to the naked eye. There's also some registration issues as you can see some yellow to the right of his ball cap. This was still, hands down, the nicest example printing-wise I was able to find. This card is an absolutely terror when it comes to printing. Now scroll back up and look at the OP's.