Crossover Question

[John V]

Do you think this would cross over to SGC with the same grade? Note the ink(?) spots on the back.

[ullmandds]

no

[E93]

The ink spots alone would disqualify it from a 5, but if the breaks in the printing on the back are actually paper loss, that would also severely affect the technical grade. It is a very nice looking card.
JimB

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by E93

the breaks in the printing on the back are actually paper loss

Correct. That was the first thing I noticed. Whenever I look at a PSA card, that is the first thing I look for because they tend to ignore or overlook minor paper loss like that. I'm guessing SGC will grade it a 1.5 or 2.

[bcbgcbrcb]

My guess would be an SGC 30

[John V]

Amazing. I never expected these comments. Does PSA overlook such traits only w/pre-war or do they grade with the same standards on post-war?
Is this viewed as a weakness of PSA or just "their grading style"?

[CMIZ5290]

This is one that psa definitely missed, and badly at that.... I agree with most of the opinions as to where it would grade with sgc. My guess would be an sgc 20 or maybe a 30

[atx840]

I bet this guy would drop a few points

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Yea I cracked out a PSA 8, 7, and 6 1948 Bowman Bob Feller to get them signed (sorry not pre-war but cross-over issue), sent them to get authenticated and numerical grade, they all received the previous grades but the PSA 7. Cracked it, re-sent it back, it got the 7 grade again...

[fkw]

on the R337 Ruth card, they are strip cards and Ive seen quite a few of them with the top layer missing along the edge. Its a charactoristic of the set in some ways.
I think it is graded OK, maybe a grade too high (I would have guessed SGC-30 or PSA-3)

glad you got it back in a numbered slab after the crackout, nice card and fairly tough especially compared to the extremely common R319 Ruths its copied from