🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️wow, Just wow!

That's some old PSA font

Those back corners and edges...yikes.

7K-8K sounds about right.

@craig44 said:
looks very trimmed to me. all 4 back corners are touched and all 4 edges on the front are as sharp as an 80s topps tiffany card. wear patterns do not match. it is also swimming in between the bumpers, both s/s and t/b.

every OPC Schmidt rookie i have ever owned/seen has those super fuzzy OPC edges.

I bet that if that card was cracked and measured, it would be at least 1/16 short both top/bottom and side/side

Hard to argue with this opinion. Ancient grading had a lot to learn.

The person who consigned this card to Heritage could be thought of as a very wise opportunist, seeing as how the past 2 sales of a PSA 9 this year have increased dramatically over those which preceded them. If the card had been replaced in the holder, it would have taken masterful work to get it into a Heritage auction. It was quite likely graded in 1992 or 1993 when PSA was still in its infancy. Mistake? Well, again it's a matter of opinion. That's what they thought at the time. I'm sure Tom or anyone with proper skills can tell what's up with it.

It does look like a card that had a blade taken to it many years after the original cut. The edges look a bit too razor sharp. Corners a bit sharper than you would expect also. What I think is telling is if you look at the back of the card you can see wear and scuffs and chips, places where the card wore or frayed but then the edges look so untouched and flawless and crisp, as if they would get a 10 sub on a Beckett grade.

I think that is how the trim would look on a worn card. You can sharpen the corners and edges with a tiny precise cut but you cant smooth out the scuffs with a trim that small. With a cheap paper cutter you can take 1/100th of an inch off a card. A nicer one probably less. Then I have heard there are other techniques but people dont always want to share their secrets.

Graded during Barry Bonds last year with the Pirates(just a guess).

Agree with Craig, my first thought was dead centered with straight edges and back chipping….trimmed.

Would it have made sense to re-holder that card before selling?

Always wanted an 8/8.5 but liked the eye appeal on this one and saved a few $

@craig44 superb example of a high-grade OPC with the rough cut. Thanks for sharing.

Well, here's my OPC of 2nd year Cey, and Topps, since some are including those as well.
I overlayed the OPC PSA9 as best I could over my OPC.
The white parts on top and right side shows the smaller size difference of the PSA9 compared to mine.

I probably have a PSA 10 worthy rookie in my unopened pack.