1951 Mantle - Guess the grade

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

A friend of mine who has been doing this for decades just showed me 4 soccer cards that he pegged as 7-8 but came back 3s and 4s. I really wonder if they are using AI and it can't process the tiny inconsequential flaws in vintage paper. His grades were truly senseless from the images and his description. And to make it worse, Nat Turner apparently has decreed that they won't reexamine grades, so the only choice is to crack out and try again.

That won't work because the card has been digitally fingerprinted now. Basically they'll know they've already seen it. That's the thing the AI is best at right now.

[tnosmoothly]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

That won't work because the card has been digitally fingerprinted now. Basically they'll know they've already seen it. That's the thing the AI is best at right now.

From what I read they have only been "digitally fingerprinting" about half of the more recent submissions with a goal to have all submissions done in the future.
I had it at a 4 when looking at your initial scans but I also wondered about some very small staining. They are no longer doing qualifiers, no? If no qualifier, would that bring the grade down?
Howard, let me know if you're still selling after national.

[hcv123]

Card was sold at the national