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Bob CWhat I found interesting about the T209’s in this auction is each of the cards, excepting one, had an ink stamp on the back yet received no “MK” qualifier from PSA. The ink stamp appeared to be post production not factory. I am guessing bidders took this into consideration in spite of the fronts showing so wonderfully, I know I did.
That said, I believe PSA will sometimes downgrade a card, at their discretion, one or two grades in exchange for removing certain qualifiers like MC or OC. Maybe the same logic was used here? But that begs the obvious question, would each of these cards bump a grade or two without those ink stamp on the backs?
Lastly, I see SGC is now printing “Ink Stamp on Back” or similar language on the flips for cards that have similar stamps. I wonder what effect, if any, it has on their numerical grades?
Not trying to bash the grading companies, just ruminating on possible explanations for the bidding.