PSA and the Hologram?

[sbfinley]

Yes, all the newer graded cards have the PSA hologram on the front of the flip. This change was instituted within the past calendar year. This, however, does not guarantee the card was graded in the same time span. You can send any PSA card in for a reholder and it will have both the new holder and new flip, but it will retain the same cert number. It could have been graded 2 years ago or 20, as long as it passes a once over to confirm the assigned grade is still within reason it gets reholdered with the new pair.

Theoretically, yes, you can pinpoint when a card was graded by the cert number, and to some extent to style of the flip.

[irv]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

Newer graded stuff has the hologram on the front.

Originally Posted by sbfinley

Yes, all the newer graded cards have the PSA hologram on the front of the flip. This change was instituted within the past calendar year. This, however, does not guarantee the card was graded in the same time span. You can send any PSA card in for a reholder and it will have both the new holder and new flip, but it will retain the same cert number. It could have been graded 2 years ago or 20, as long as it passes a once over to confirm the assigned grade is still within reason it gets reholdered with the new pair.

Theoretically, yes, you can pinpoint when a card was graded by the cert number, and to some extent to style of the flip.

Thanks guys.

That makes a lot of sense now seeing that the card I posted above is graded a 4.

Imo, and based on what I have seen since joining, that card, if it was sent in raw nowadays, would be lucky to get a 1.5 or 2?

[swarmee]

And just in the last couple of months, they've added a barcode with the number to the back of the label, so you can see the cert # while loading images into your online photo albums on their site.

So the card you graded was this year. The hologram is on the front, and the cert # is on the back. That's just a terrible grade for that card. Both top corners have spider creases, and then the whole top of the card looks like it has a crease, but is probably a shadow. Surface is also pretty scraped up. I would have guessed a 2.

[glynparson]

It was holdered this year not necessarily graded this year. Any card they reholder will get the new hologram/barcode label.

[swarmee]

No, it was graded (or re-graded) this year, as the Cert # is from the 25XXXXX series, which my cards are also from. Here is another PSA 4(MK) from my group:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Topps-B...IAAOSwAvJXAYbJ

Corners show edge wear, but not the creasing that the card in the OP does.

[irv]

Originally Posted by swarmee

And just in the last couple of months, they've added a barcode with the number to the back of the label, so you can see the cert # while loading images into your online photo albums on their site.

So the card you graded was this year. The hologram is on the front, and the cert # is on the back. That's just a terrible grade for that card. Both top corners have spider creases, and then the whole top of the card looks like it has a crease, but is probably a shadow. Surface is also pretty scraped up. I would have guessed a 2.

Originally Posted by swarmee

No, it was graded (or re-graded) this year, as the Cert # is from the 25XXXXX series, which my cards are also from. Here is another PSA 4(MK) from my group:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Topps-B...IAAOSwAvJXAYbJ

Corners show edge wear, but not the creasing that the card in the OP does.

Wow!

I never would have guessed the card I posted was a recent graded card.

But, like what has been mentioned here numerous times, there are a lot of variables, such as the grader, the mood of the grader, the time of the day, etc, etc, etc.
I was going to send my cards in, or I was at least thinking about it, but I have been told, based on reviews of peeps looking at my cards/scans, that it likely isn't worth it as they didn't think my cards would grade any higher than a 2 with some, (very few) getting a 3.

I am no grader, obviously, but based on that one I posted, I would say, if mine were graded by the same guy on the same day, some of mine "should" at least get a 5 or 6 and maybe a rare few receiving 7's?

Anyways, I appreciate the info about the grading time frames. That is the purpose of this post, but I also learned, even more so, to judge the card not the slab/grade it comes in.

[swarmee]

Irv,
Yours look more on the 3.5-5 level IMO, even currently, presuming the backs are better than 90/10 centering. And I would say the Mays and Jackie cards are worth grading no matter what.