Everyone makes mistakes. The charges of favoritism to folks like 4 Sharp Corners or other large dealers on behalf of PSA is something different, however. I don't know if there is enough evidence to prove anything yet on a grand scale, but I have seen examples on other threads here, where an otherwise sharp card with a light wrinkle or barely perceptible crease or something like that gets a 6 when it goes through a large dealer and maybe a 3 or 4 when submitted by Joe Blow collector. That kind of thing is glaring.
My larger problem with PSA however is the inconsistency in grading standards over the years. Look at a grouping of vintage PSA 5's from the 1999-2003-ish era vs. those graded in the last two years and tell me if you think that on the whole the older slabs were held to the same standard?
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