Advice on Hostess PSA Grading

[skil55voy]

Beautiful card. Cut OUTSIDE the borders which to me makes the card even better. Near mint. Of course I doubt the graders see it that way. Post and Jell-o cards have the same "problem".

[Bigdaddy]

To answer the title of your thread, but not necessarily your question, I'd make sure to lick all the Twinkie filling off the cards before sending in to be graded. Just a little trick I've learned over the years.

Sorry, couldn't resist. And free bump.

TJ

[jchcollins]

The only general rule seems to be that they need to see the dotted cut lines; that those aren't totally gone. I have seen cards exactly the way that one is cut get high grades, but PSA is so all over the place right now it's probably a crapshoot either way.

[Harford20]

I have cut many sheet cards, whether older Wheaties cards or later 1970’s Topps. I have had nearly 300 of these cut cards graded by PSA, although none in the past 2 years (again, maybe a crapshoot with PSA currently). From prior experience, as JollyElm noted, my recommendation would be to use a straight-edge and cutter (I certainly prefer the wheel blades over x-acto for perfect cuts) and just “barely” trim your lines to make them parallel to the dashes. You do not need to cut close to the dashes, just straighten the lines for those graders looking for “eye-appeal”.
Dave