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I see the 74T design, but where are the fish eyes, ‘nuclear clouds’, and the washed out colors from where the plate didn’t strike the sheet well? Hard to claim a true 74T without the things that made… (View Post)

This is where I am. After building two graded sets in the early 2000s - with ~30% from my own submissions - there's no way in hell I'd do that now. PSA clearly has become far too much of a crap-shoot… (View Post)

I've always been nervous about vending. That every card will be OC/MC like the Eck. . .and none will be like the Angels team. (View Post)

It wasn't always so, but I definitely think grading lacks nuance. Once upon a time, graders understood that 60s and 70s cards would occasionally have rough cuts. . .that sometimes the sheets would be… (View Post)

@1954 I did some thinking about this and the best way I can describe it is this. . . When I was submitting back in the day, there were some pretty clear delineations between a 7, an 8, and a 9. And i… (View Post)