Deserving of a PSA 10?

[bxb]

I'm not a T206 expert, but I might have expected better top to bottom centering for a 10.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by bxb

I'm not a T206 expert, but I might have expected better top to bottom centering for a 10.

The 'ol 70/30 PSA 10.

Slabbing is a joke.

[tiger8mush]

"4.5" if I'd submitted it. Or "A".

[Peter_Spaeth]

If you enlarge the upper right corner, it looks angled or something.

[sterlingfox]

Should not be higher than an 8 with that top to bottom centering.

Ridiculous that this got slabbed a 10

[RedsFan1941]

OUTRAGEOUS!!! but at least the board is finally talking about a heritage auction.

[Lorewalker]

I cannot afford it. I do not know T206s well either so with those disclosures my worthless opinion is that it is not a 10. I see what appears to be a tobacco stain too. My hunch is that if taken out of the holder it would not come back as a 10 the next time. If it were my card however I would not see any of the flaws we have pointed out.

In a perfect world I think I would prefer to buy a card that I feel would grade the same way if submitted again. I know not all collectors, especially those at the top of the food chain, care about that.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by RedsFan1941

OUTRAGEOUS!!! but at least the board is finally talking about a heritage auction.

We need to work in parking costs and eBay bucks to steer this thread back to where it belongs.

Regardless, there are worse 10s in the auction than even this one. Remmeber, a lot of these cards come from the Harris collection.

[Copa7]

Originally Posted by tiger8mush

"4.5" if I'd submitted it. Or "A".

+1

I saw these so called 10s. No way. The Germany Shaffer is 60/40 side to side.

Someone paid for this. I have lots of perfectly good cards off center. Why don't they rate a 10 ?

[insidethewrapper]

No qualifiers ??????

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by tiger8mush

"4.5" if I'd submitted it. Or "A".

Same here.

[Pat R]

I think some of the cards with low cert numbers are suspect
when it comes to trimming and minimum size requirements.

McGraw PSA.jpg

McGraw PSA - Copy.jpg

[insidethewrapper]

How can any card that is 115+ years old look like that ? Remember it was packaged in a tobacco pack . This card has never been dropped etc. ?? Just putting it in and out of a CardSaver without corner nicks is hard to do . Wow !

[boneheadandrube]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

How can any card that is 115+ years old look like that ? Remember it was packaged in a tobacco pack . This card has never been dropped etc. ?? Just putting it in and out of a CardSaver without corner nicks is hard to do . Wow !

I posted about this subject in a previous thread on the 9-10's in this auction:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=257327

Starting at post #13 through #25 might lend some insight. There was a large find of uncirculated T206's at the end of the 1980's. From the backs that were in the group it was likely a box of cards meant to be put into packs at factory 25 that were taken home. No Sweet Caporal, Just Piedmont 150-350, Sovereign 150-350 and Old Mill Southern League. You will notice the number of Sovereign 150 backs in this collection at Heritage. This was a pretty well documented find at the time, I covered about all I can remember in the other thread.

[Fred]

Originally Posted by bxb

I'm not a T206 expert, but I might have expected better top to bottom centering for a 10.

YUP! Makes you wonder who submitted it.

[barrysloate]

The McGraw pointing is truly an extraordinary card, and when you look at it you understand why it was graded a 10. But a few of the other 10's don't match up well and make you wonder just what is going on. Many of them should only grade 9 at best. I don't know anyone who really understands how grading works at this exalted level.

[vintagerookies51]

Ever since I started collecting about 10 years ago, I've always thought there was one huge flaw in the grading system. The second lowest grade is GOOD- that makes absolutely zero since. You got practically the upper half of the system with the word mint in it. Everything 7-10 looks the same to me and that's why I just stick with 3s and under lol

With that said, there's no way this card should grade a 10, especially after looking at the back