PSA grading vs CGC grading

@82FootballWaxMemorys said:
Top Bottom looks close to 50/50, left/right looks about 65/35 perhaps a tad worse. I've seen many card with similar centering with PSA8 flips and many worse centered 8's than your card.

Some will say PSA found something non-centering related CGC did not and of course that is possible. Spider-wrinkles being a generic nearly un-proveable catch-all.

Looking at the card it's very strong 7 and a weak 8. It present very nicely so IMHO it's a 7.5.

I have purchased some CGC 9.5's and have been very happy. Some I think are PSA 10 candidates and some I feel would be 9's. Since their flips match the comics slabs, and I like the slab "heft, I now submit all my Comic Book related non-sports cards to them. That said I don't sell cards.

By PSA standards, 50/50, left/right and 65/35 is an 8 if there are not other flaws. Thanks for the input.

@daltex said:
It is my considered opinion that PSA doesn't measure cards for centering. Rather the graders, who have graded tens if not hundreds of thousands of cards have a very good idea of the eye appeal of "8", say, centering, and grade accordingly.

I could be completely wrong, and no one at PSA has told me this, but it makes a ton of sense to me.

The grade on this card came down to centering. Don't think anyone would say this is worse than 70/30. I have had thousands of cards graded myself and have plenty of crazy grading stories both good and bad. Recently, one card I had I thought was a solid 8+ but got a 7. I cracked it out and sent it back in and got a 9.

@Harnessracing said:
PSA doesn’t use their own published standards anymore, not in a long time

If they are not going to follow them, they should at least update them. Customers are agreeing to have PSA grade their cards based on the published grading standards but I do think you are correct.

@RufussCkingston said:

@mbothner said:

@RufussCkingston said:
The reason it got a 7 is because of the Top edge.... Almost has a divot.

The top edge was cut that way. If PSA was considering that an issue, they could not even give it a 7 so I do not believe that was a factor in their grading.

I don't doubt it was factory cut that way, not damage, but still it's part of the eye appeal and added to the off center, you get a 7. If it was cut good, then maybe would have been an 8. Except for O-Pee-Chee, a rough cut usually is a deduction/negative attribute....

Not even getting the OPC benefit of the doubt anymore. I sent in a 1971 Jackie Hernandez red letter and a 1972 Gil Hodges (deceased) and both came back less than I expected because of the rough cut.