Wish PSA had a qualifier for creases....

[scmavl]

I just assume if the card is a PSA 4 or less, it will likely have some degree of creases. If I want to ensure it doesn't, I buy a 5+.

[Tere1071]

The PSA 4 qualification runs the gamut. I've seen PSA 4 cards with wrinkles, rounded corners, or with a minor crease, but my Mantle and Snider are both PSA 4. Neither one has any creasing or wrinkles, plus the corners are decent. My Mantle is centered 30/70 from top to bottom and the Snider has a wax stain on the back, maybe that accounts for the vg/ex grade. I also added my SGC 4.5 Musial, which has a dinged corner at the bottom left. I suppose I wished that I had the money at the time for cards that were excellent to excellent mint, but I don't think that I did too badly.

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by scmavl

I just assume if the card is a PSA 4 or less, it will likely have some degree of creases. If I want to ensure it doesn't, I buy a 5+.

Glad I am not the only collector who subscribes to this exceedingly simple concept....

[nwobhm]

I have a handful of PSA 4's. None have creases. Registration and centering are easier to see in pictures than creases.

[Eric72]

I wish PSA, SGC, and Beckett had grader's notes.

[Kutcher55]

I have seen PSA 7s and even 8s that have tiny wrinkles. It's very difficult for a card to have true surface integrity, especially it seems when it comes to cards from the 1970s.

[Tom S.]

Originally Posted by scmavl

I just assume if the card is a PSA 4 or less, it will likely have some degree of creases. If I want to ensure it doesn't, I buy a 5+.

That doesn't necessarily always hold true...

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by Tom S.

That doesn't necessarily always hold true...

True. Common wisdom says that 5’s will not have creases or wrinkles on the front, but that’s not always the case. I once had a ‘55 Bowman Kaline that looked like an 8 from an arm’s length; razor sharp corners - but the front had some light, but rather large for what it was - wrinkling. It was graded a PSA 5. I think that’s pretty misleading.


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