Most OVERGRADED Card

[Edwolf1963]

Originally Posted by shaunsteig

The story that you describe, though, sounds like the dealer walked over to the grading company's table at the same convention and "worked something out" in person. Super fishy, and certainly cause for concern since it compromises the integrity of their product -- their grading reliability and consistency.

Hello - not suggesting this in my original post - I don't know this to be true, hear often enough (.. and it's anecdotal at best) of the perception to the amount of business you send them and more favorable grades. I don't know that it was walked over from a show/convention buy? Through submissions they know who sends what and how much - whether graders know this is a matter of opinion I guess?

Regardless, what struck me about this was the ridiculous overgrade IMO ~ rounded corners, worn edges, obvious crease, spots and significant fading on the back. I've seen many of these from PSA, especially of late and question the grade and consistency. I just couldn't see SGC going better than a 30 on this.

On top of that, the way in which it's being tee'd up - using cut off scans from VCP images on average value, up to May '10 then leaving off the more recent lower sales including this buy at $200 less than BIN. Also, the fact that it was relisted a few days after sale which unless it was sent 1 day overnight would have been hard to do card-in-hand.

Over-hype, over-grade .. bad taste in the mouth.

[Rob D.]

This eBay seller deserves a lot of credit for pointing out in his listing the stamp/mark on the back of the card, which somehow the PSA grader missed. Assuming this is how the holder left PSA headquarters, it must have been Ray Charles' first day on the job.

[lharri3600]

no rob,
stevie wonder got this one!!

Originally Posted by Rob D.

This eBay seller deserves a lot of credit for pointing out in his listing the stamp/mark on the back of the card, which somehow the PSA grader missed. Assuming this is how the holder left PSA headquarters, it must have been Ray Charles' first day on the job.

[TexasLeaguer]

Whenever I see a card that looks so obviously over-graded, it makes me wonder if the holder has been cracked and a different card has been inserted. Has anyone ever seen a BGS/BVG holder that has been credibly cracked and resealed? I have read that there have been a number of examples of this with PSA holders, and at least one (not as convincing) attempt with an SGC slab.

[lharri3600]

great point texasleauger!!

[lharri3600]

great point texasleauger!! and let's keep this in mind, and i hate this one too, GRADING IS SUBJECTIVE!!