PSA. What a Joke!!

[JamesGallo]

Originally Posted by prestigecollectibles

I just received this card from PSA and sent it back to them for regrading. There is no way I could sell this as a 6.

I think this is lost in this thread, very commendable of you to send an overgraded card back to get corrected.

James G

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by JamesGallo

I think this is lost in this thread, very commendable of you to send an overgraded card back to get corrected.

James G

People do it all the time. I had a Bowman Color Duke Snider that had a huge water stain on it graded a 6.

[scooter729]

And then there's the other end of the spectrum. I just got this back from SGC. I bought it from an 80 year old, the uncle of a good friend, who bought this as a 10 year old.

Apparently a light crease (hard to see in the scan) and a light back stamp (of the person's name) is enough to get just a 1 these days.

There really should be more done to differentiate cards at the lower end of the grading scale. This is so much nicer than most 1's, many of which look like they were left out in the rain overnight. Does this really deserve a 1??

[bobbyw8469]

I think they are calling them 1's to just say "Hey...there is a reason this card looks so nice but has a crappy grade. Look closer". But you are right. That card is no 1. That is why you see a huge disparency on pricing. I bet buyers would line up and down the block to offer you VCP average for that card.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

This is all a matter of opinion, but to me, yes, anything with a stamp should be a 1 all day long, regardless of all its other glorious attributes. Sorry, it may look really splendiferous otherwise, but a stamp scars it for life. (I didn't read their standards as Jim described above.)

I think it's a gorgeous card, and so will many, many others whenever the time comes to sell it, and it will fetch exponentially more than practically any other "1". Only the truly uneducated would offer the same for this one as a "1" that looks like it's been disemboweled. Nothing to lose sleep over.

[steve B]

Yeah, crease+mark+water stain=1 even if it looks great.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by scooter729

And then there's the other end of the spectrum. I just got this back from SGC. I bought it from an 80 year old, the uncle of a good friend, who bought this as a 10 year old.

Apparently a light crease (hard to see in the scan) and a light back stamp (of the person's name) is enough to get just a 1 these days.

There really should be more done to differentiate cards at the lower end of the grading scale. This is so much nicer than most 1's, many of which look like they were left out in the rain overnight. Does this really deserve a 1??

The ink stamping should drop it down to a 2 if I'm reading their standards correctly. I guess the card's other flaws dropped it even lower.

[steve5838]

Originally Posted by scooter729

And then there's the other end of the spectrum. I just got this back from SGC. I bought it from an 80 year old, the uncle of a good friend, who bought this as a 10 year old.

Apparently a light crease (hard to see in the scan) and a light back stamp (of the person's name) is enough to get just a 1 these days.

There really should be more done to differentiate cards at the lower end of the grading scale. This is so much nicer than most 1's, many of which look like they were left out in the rain overnight. Does this really deserve a 1??

Gorgeous card!! It gives me hope that maybe one day I could find such a beauty. I would line up all day for a chance to buy a 1 like that!

[Fred]

I'm a buyer all day for the 52 Mays graded 1 by SGC in post #24 (especially if the price is in line with the grade). EYE APPEAL baby!

[scooter729]

Originally Posted by steve5838

Gorgeous card!! It gives me hope that maybe one day I could find such a beauty. I would line up all day for a chance to buy a 1 like that!

Thank you! I held out for a while to find the right Mays, and was lucky this one fell my way. Grade aside, this one will happily be welcomed into my collection for a long time!