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Dem thumb tacks!

Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 7,007 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I have a 56' Topps Whitey Ford I was thinking of sending to PSA on my next submission. The card is nicely centered, the corners have minimal wear, good surface color with no stains. The only thing is a tiny pin hole at the top just below the border. My question is, would the pin hole create a qualifier for this card? Would it drop it a couple of grades? Has anybody here submitted cards like this? Curious of your grades.

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  • pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭

    PSA 1
    ·p_A·
  • Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 7,007 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Think I'll leave it raw.
  • studentT206studentT206 Posts: 172
    Yep, "Poor" Whitey. Leave that sucker ungraded or trim below the hole and submit to PRO for a 10.

    D
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,487 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The dreaded "tack hole"

    A card could be otherwise Nm and wind up with a PSA 1 due to one pin-hole.

    The T3s are notorious for having those tack holes - this guy couldn't decide - if one was OK, 5 would be better!

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    For that reason, buying them raw is a pain since a lot of dealers don't think a pin hole is that big of a deal.
    True - unless one plans on having them graded!

    mike
    Mike
  • MooseDogMooseDog Posts: 1,948 ✭✭✭
    Agree with others to leave it raw...on my very first submission, I "neglected" to notice a pin hole in an otherwise PSA 7/8 -ish 1972 Topps Baseketball Pete Maravich card, and it came back PSA 1.

    Lesson #1: Use good lighting when pre-grading cards...
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