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6.5?

psychumppsychump Posts: 1,378 ✭✭✭
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Looking for a nice lower grade Bill Dickey and I found this without looking at the grade then...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1941-Play-Ball-Playball-70-Bill-Dickey-New-York-Yankees-HOF-PSA-6-5-EX-MT/372292223612?epid=140074012&hash=item56ae58827c:g:ltUAAOSwOd9a50LO

Tallulah Bankhead — 'There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare.'

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  • mexpo75mexpo75 Posts: 1,933 ✭✭✭✭

    Wow! Must have some polaroid pics on that grader.

    PackManInNC
  • Huskies11Huskies11 Posts: 312 ✭✭✭

    that... does not look correct.

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  • yoda99yoda99 Posts: 184 ✭✭✭
    edited May 2, 2018 9:21AM

    Maybe they forgot to put the negative sign before the number. -6.5 !!

  • tbonewillytbonewilly Posts: 424 ✭✭✭

    It would have been a 7 easy , but that corner wear was a bit too much. Slight tire staining on the front also held it back. or this could have easily been an 8. Wonder if that was a 4SC submission :)

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  • PROMETHIUS88PROMETHIUS88 Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not even going to lie, I want to own that card just to say I have the ugliest 6.5 in existence

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  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yikes. This has to be a mechanical error of some kind.

    Does this even grade a 1.5?

    PSA should reach out to Probstein and kill this auction and take this card out of circulation.

  • miwlvrnmiwlvrn Posts: 4,266 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Dpeck100 said:
    Yikes. This has to be a mechanical error of some kind.

    Does this even grade a 1.5?

    PSA should reach out to Probstein and kill this auction and take this card out of circulation.

    Dpeck is right. Mechanical errors happen on the grade portion of the label very frequently. Most definitely, the correct grade was assigned by the grader but then someone further down the line screwed up on the label process. Customers don't always catch these errors after receiving their cards, especially if there is not as much disparity between the assigned grade and the labeled grade as we see here, and too many people just assume the grade on the holder is the grade the card received, which is not always the case.

  • WalkinDudeWalkinDude Posts: 82 ✭✭✭

    Apparently the auction has now been cancelled by the seller. Bummer.

    Patrick

  • LOTSOSLOTSOS Posts: 1,308 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It may be a mech error but looking up the cert number it comes back 6.5. Does anyone have any idea of the exact process used? I'd be curious to hear it.

    You (or I at least) would think that the grader making the data entry for the grade would prevent such issues. It makes little sense to have them write it down only to have a second person enter the info. Adds another layer of complication and possible error that doesn't need to be there. I mean asign a bar code to each item upon receipt. Grader scans item, determines grade, enters the grade, scans next item and repeat.

    Kevin

  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,889 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I believe a lot of the entering of info is done using drop down menus, so errors can occur when the wrong entry is selected. Same reason errors occur in card descriptions.

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  • jfkheatjfkheat Posts: 2,740 ✭✭✭✭✭

    One of our members here, Mike (Stone), mentioned on another forum that the very next certification number is the same card in a PSA 1. It is very possible that the labels accidentally got switched.
    James

  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,437 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jfkheat said:
    One of our members here, Mike (Stone), mentioned on another forum that the very next certification number is the same card in a PSA 1. It is very possible that the labels accidentally got switched.
    James

    Hiya James

    Not the same card but the next cert # is a 1. So, it's possible that someone will get their card back, see a PSA 1 and go nuts?
    I.e., theirs was supposed to be the 6.5?

    Before anyone goes too bananas on the vendor? Who knows how many items they put up each day? I doubt they're even looking at the card as such?

    Mike
  • dontippetdontippet Posts: 2,609 ✭✭✭✭

    Wasn't there somebody on here not too long ago that had a 60's Mays grade a PSA 10, but it should have been much lower?

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  • jfkheatjfkheat Posts: 2,740 ✭✭✭✭✭

    OOPS, I guess I should have paid more attention to what you posted Mike.
    James

  • miwlvrnmiwlvrn Posts: 4,266 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @LOTSOS said:
    It may be a mech error but looking up the cert number it comes back 6.5. Does anyone have any idea of the exact process used? I'd be curious to hear it.

    You (or I at least) would think that the grader making the data entry for the grade would prevent such issues. It makes little sense to have them write it down only to have a second person enter the info. Adds another layer of complication and possible error that doesn't need to be there. I mean asign a bar code to each item upon receipt. Grader scans item, determines grade, enters the grade, scans next item and repeat.

    The errors on the mech error labels are always entered into the cert data on the website. This goes for mech errors on the grade and non-grade portion of the flip alike. They are only corrected in the database and population report after you send them back in to PSA for free correction.

  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,144 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 2, 2018 11:07AM

    @dontippet said:
    Wasn't there somebody on here not too long ago that had a 60's Mays grade a PSA 10, but it should have been much lower?

    You mean this one?:

    (It's been corrected in PSA's database, to a 4)

    B)
    Steve

  • psychumppsychump Posts: 1,378 ✭✭✭

    @dontippet said:
    Wasn't there somebody on here not too long ago that had a 60's Mays grade a PSA 10, but it should have been much lower?

    Yes, That was me!

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  • handymanhandyman Posts: 5,380 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Damn!!
    I bet one of yall offered a high offer to end the listing early!
    Blast it!!

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