The "technical" aspect of creasing in grading....

[Gorditadogg]

I think those cards are all probably 1's. I don't think any would get A's. The Grove and the 24G Foxx might be 1.5's.

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[steve B]

They must have tightened up a lot on creases.

My three biggest surprises were creased.

This one presents really well in hand, nice corners but one is missing a tiny flake of surface. Less than some rounded corner 50's I saw at the time. When I asked about it the guy pointed out the tiny hardly visible crease/wrinkle about halfway up on the left side.
I'd expected much better than a 50


While this one has a light crease down the center. Very typical of cards that got a little stuck in a page or were sloppily removed. If I remember it right it runs down to about shoulder height.
I'd expected a solid 30, since it's pretty nice but creased. Crease can't be any better than good right? Wrong I guess....


The this one, expecting a 30 at best, rounded corners, corner crease, overall edge wear.
Nope! VG??? Ok, I can live with that.



Before I made a a few submissions, I'd have said that creases always make for g-vg at best. Now I'm not so sure.

[perezfan]

That was a pretty nice "gift" from SGC, on the E97 Cy Young. If submitted today, I'd be surprised to see it grade that high. Super nice card, but also a pretty lenient grade, IMO.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by perezfan

That was a pretty nice "gift" from SGC, on the E97 Cy Young. If submitted today, I'd be surprised to see it grade that high. Super nice card, but also a pretty lenient grade, IMO.

Yeah, I was surprised. I've seen other cards graded VG with a crease, but they usually have nicer corners.

Had it done in person at a show, along with a few really easy ones. My SL blankbacks, and CB Cobb which were obviously A for the blanks and a 10 for Cobb. They did charge a bit more for Cobb and Young since the cards were better than their dollar limit.

I sort of suspect the bump was partly because I didn't balk at the extra, and every card in the small batch was really easy.

[YazFenway08]

i get the eye appeal and good crease/bad crease examples. I appreciate everyone sharing.

to my eye, this Mantle falls into the good crease category. Its actually more of a wrinkle on the lower left (facing) I think the card presents rather nicely...and I would have a hard time selling it for "1" or "2" money based on that particular crease and crease position