How much does a Qualifier affect the Value of a higher grade card?

[MVSNYC]

2 grades lower has been the usual rule of thumb. Given the choice here, I'd probably take the 5.

[Buythatcard]

I believe that I read in the past that if you ask a grading company not to include the qualifier, they would return the card at a lower grade. So, a PSA 7 (MC) might come back a PSA 5.

For those of you who say that they would never collect a card with a qualifier, would you now collect the PSA 5 version? At this point, you can't be 100% sure that this card originally had a qualifier.

Are you referring to cards that are labeled with a qualifier?

[frankbmd]

Grading quantifies an opinion.

Hedging qualifies an opinion.

Perhaps the TPGs should just use an asterisk instead of qualifiers.

But then some would argue that all cards deserve an asterisk.

Problem solved *

[Yoda]

At the National last summer I submitted a really nice T206 Wallace PSA 7mc to SGC, hoping to crossover to a straight 7. They very nicely told me they would grade it a 6 but not the coveted 7. I declined and still have the card. I guess I could break it out and submit it raw to SGC and see what happens. That is if I can be bothered.