Certified, Qualified and Glorified!!!

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by Sportscards1086

Thank you for that. Had no idea. Good info.

Yeah it's still subjective (you will see cards often centered outside the standard on the back, for example - but they still get a higher grade...) but the idea is that if a card is really high end, the centering must be very good as well.

This kind of thing drives me nuts when people online are arguing over why this or that vintage card got a PSA 3 or 2, and someone will chime in "Look! It's way off-centered on the back...that's why!!!" Well yeah, it's O/C on the back, but who cares? That is virtually never the reason that a card in lower grade already gets downgraded further. As if the card would have been a PSA 5 if not for the centering on the back...when often the card in question already has a crease or 3 shot corners or something.

[JollyElm]

It may be a bit of 'qualifier overkill,' since I've posted these elsewhere, but what the hey...

1969MantleWL500frontback.jpg
1962musial50.jpg

[HRBAKER]

This one has a small wax stain from the wrapper on the blank back. Doesn't bother me too much.

[JollyElm]

Suh-weet!!!!!