PSA 10 with Corner damage

NorthKorea · August 9, 2011 2:01PM

I recently purchased a PSA10 2007 Bowman Chrome Xfractor, and when it arrived in the mail, I noticed that two of the corners on the back show damage. One corner (the one near the face) showed actual rounding of the corner under magnification, and the other corner is chipped under magnification. With the naked eye, it looks "off" meaning there was enough doubt in my mind to check it under magnification.

My question is, does PSA grade lightly on corners?

WinPitcher · August 9, 2011 2:19PM

Return it to the seller if you can.

Generally, no they do not.

Indy78 · August 9, 2011 8:12PM

My question is, does PSA grade lightly on corners?

I agree, no. The corner damage may have occurred while the card was being placed in the grading holder immediately after it had been graded. I've had a couple of cards come back to me in the last month with nice grades but slight corner damage that there is no way the actual graders missed (and it wasn't there when I submitted the cards).

pmcollectour · August 9, 2011 8:58PM

And if truth be told, sometimes the submitter and grader both miss some. I sent in 500 cards a long time ago. Checked each one of
them thoroughly. A card came back in a PSA 9 holder that had an obvious rubber-band mark on it. Both the grader and I missed it.

fiveniner · August 9, 2011 10:03PM

I looked at a 1959 Topps Hank Aron at the National and one corner had significant wear on it and graded an 8 which I know was overgraded.

lawnmowerman · August 10, 2011 1:39AM

<< I recently purchased a PSA10 2007 Bowman Chrome Xfractor, and when it arrived in the mail, I noticed that two of the corners on the back show damage. One corner (the one near the face) showed actual rounding of the corner under magnification, and the other corner is chipped under magnification. With the naked eye, it looks "off" meaning there was enough doubt in my mind to check it under magnification.

My question is, does PSA grade lightly on corners? >>

They don't grade light corners. The card was most likely nicked by the guy slabbing it.

olb31 · August 10, 2011 1:48AM

They don't grade my cards that way. It's a miracle to get a 9, even when it's looks better than a 10 that I already have. I went to the Chantilly show last month and a seller had a PSA 6 1958 mantle. All four corners were slightly rounded and two were worse than that. Just looking at the card without the holder, I would have guessed a 4, not even close to a 6.

I have a dinged corner 1976 checklist, normally the card would have graded, maybe a 7 or worse with a corner like that, but this was a 10????

But, if you have a surface wrinkle that no one can hardly see you get a 5. Does this make sense?

ndleo · August 10, 2011 4:07AM

Will PSA buy this card back?

grote15 · August 10, 2011 4:28AM

But, if you have a surface wrinkle that no one can hardly see you get a 5. Does this make sense?

I've often wondered about this, too. Why does a card with corner wear and chipping have a shot at a 7, but a perfectly centered blazer of a card with an almost imperceptible surface wrinkle can grade no higher than a 5.

wallst32 · August 10, 2011 4:34AM

<< And if truth be told, sometimes the submitter and grader both miss some. I sent in 500 cards a long time ago. Checked each one of
them thoroughly. A card came back in a PSA 9 holder that had an obvious rubber-band mark on it. Both the grader and I missed it. >>

I doubt there were rubber-band marks that were missed. I had something similiar happen where a few of my cards had these small identical notches on the edges that were not there before submission for certain. I had scans of my cards before submission to prove it. My guess is they used tongs to hold the card and pressed too tightly. I was quite disappointed and sent a courteous/professional complaint e-mail to PSA that went unanswered.

Regarding the damaged corner; it could have happened during the handling after the grade was given while it was being encapsulated. Or possibly just from shaking around in the holder. Are there some videos that show potential corner damage from this?

stevek · August 10, 2011 5:44AM

<< But, if you have a surface wrinkle that no one can hardly see you get a 5. Does this make sense?

I've often wondered about this, too. Why does a card with corner wear and chipping have a shot at a 7, but a perfectly centered blazer of a card with an almost imperceptible surface wrinkle can grade no higher than a 5. >>

Yep...of course card grading evolved from coin grading, and a "scratch" appearance like that on a coin can turn it into a cull, or at the least a significant downgrade. In my opinion, a possible 10 card shouldn't automatically go down to a 5 because of a wrinkle, in which the wrinkle could have possibly come from the factory when the cards were being cut and handled...the wrinkle could of course came after the factory as well. But in any event a scratch on a "small" coin is much more significant than a small wrinkle on a printed baseball card as far as aesthetics is concerned, in my viewpoint anyway.

Oh well...it is what it is.

lawnmowerman · August 10, 2011 11:31AM

<< Will PSA buy this card back? >>

Yes they will. Send it attention Scott Single with a note explaining what's going on. He's the operations manager.

lawnmowerman · August 10, 2011 11:32AM

<< Will PSA buy this card back? >>

Yes they will. Send it attention Scott Single with a note explaining what's going on. He's the operations manager.

lawnmowerman · August 10, 2011 11:32AM

<< Will PSA buy this card back? >>

Yes they will. Send it attention Scott Single with a note explaining what's going on. He's the operations manager.

lawnmowerman · August 10, 2011 11:33AM

Holy carp. What's up with the tp?

mknez · August 10, 2011 11:44AM

yes, but will PSA buy it back?

TheBusiness · August 10, 2011 4:39PM

<< yes, but will PSA buy it back? >>

Maybe...

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