i break junk wax all the time and get dinged up cards from the pack consistently. Just because they were newly opened does not guarantee a high grade man
Johnbfree has good advice. Invest in a jewlers loupe and a good lamp. Could be surface scratches. Cards under a loupe look so different than what you can see from the naked eye.
Jay McGillicuddy I never understood why it matters what a card looks like under magnification, to me only naked eye should be relevant since that's the only way people will ever look at the card in the real world. That's like a music reviewer listening to a song with special headphones that allow them to hear like a dog, then giving the song a bad review because "it was too high pitched".
also can see the printing process used and can identify reprints.(old Goudey cards) and I found a fake 1960 Mantle being passed off as original. No laser printing in 1960.
I've also had cards that came back that puzzled me, and under a jewelers loupe you could see a tiny surface break that I can only describe as someone taking a needle and lightly puncturing the card stock...not visible on normal viewing...they use magnification to view cards so recommended you do also
The most of any one card that should be graded at a time is 5. The Grader will Grade the card against the best card. All the PSA 10s are hard to measure the other cards against. Certain key cards are held to a higher standard. 1989 Upper Deck Graded better from Factory Sets. That is a nice 1985 Donruss Kirby Puckett. I have gotten a PSA 6 on a card that I thought was nice -- got 2 PSA 9 Mint and 2 PSA 10 Gem Mint with it. These were 2012/13 Prizm Basketball RCs of Kyrie Irving. Paper cards are harder Grades because of chipping on the edges. Chromium cards generally Grade higher.
Just a small thing to most people but don't put your finger over the grade when you turn it around. Just show the entire card when you turn it over. I know you do it for effect and all but it's annoying.
@@poooky321 what a bunch of crybabies in here. If you've got something more than watching the video, important you need to do then go do it....have a little respect for the fact that the guy took the time to even make the video in the first place!
Love seeing these types of cards vs everyone chasing the autos now...you should invest in a jewelers loop and black light. With PSA you take the good with the bad. Congrats on the 10s,I'm pleased with 9s and above in my subs. I just subbed,great vid bud
We tested PSA this year with an 89 Topps Ken Griffey Jr. 4 submissions, 4 different grades, all the same card. 1st an 8, 2nd a 10, 3rd an 8, 4th a 9. The company doesn't give a shit about my or your cards whatsoever. Apologize about the negative comment, but they're lower than dogshit. We would've done a 5th, but at the end of November there is no chance getting it back in a timely fashion. Over 2 month turnaround time.
Surely people at PSA have a quota and have to grade a certain number of cards per hour similar to most of us working stiffs. If they're like most people I've ever worked with they just randomly slap a grade on a card so they don't have to think about it. Convenient of course (for PSA) that they don't provide explanations for the grades.
Look at your cards under a 7X magnification with a 75 watt halogen bulb. The way these old school cards were cut, the blades wear down during the process and start to feather the edges and produce cupping on some.
A hairline scratch invisible to the naked eye can drop an 89 Upper Deck card immediately to a 6 or lower. This is true for all junk wax era cards. Use magnification before sending a card to be graded.
PSA applies its standards no matter how old a card is. Has there been a "10" Topps '52 Mantle? What did that auction for? Or a Ryan '68? Gotta be through the roof.
Hi, when submitting cards it's always important to check the surface. Some cards may look nice at first, but the surface is what can dock a nice looking card a lot. Check for scratches, creases, and print defects. Thanks for posting the video
I think people should stop sending their 1989 Upper Deck cards to PSA because they are basically just going "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe". I see no difference between the PSA 5 and the PSA 10.
Get different light sources to view...a 5000+ Kelvin daylight bulb will show any surface imperfections...I thought I had a perfect 1984 Donruss Gywnn, came back a 6, after reviewing again you could faintly see an indentation where someone had written something on a piece of paper over the card and the pressure passed through...I would bet your lower graded cards here are due to some surface discrepancies
Jordan wearing a different Jersey#....he got his jersey stolen by some staffer and Jordan had to wear a secondary Jersey and he was pissed. It's an interesting story
Too much focus on centering. There is so much more to grading. The sharp edges, the entire cut of the card needs to be clean, the gloss needs to be consistently vibrant throughout the card, there cannot be any errors in writing and every letter needs to be written perfectly.
just curioius about where you could find out the population of the number of gem mint cards. thanks in advance....also how much does pas charge per card?
mightywhitey718 No joke what a bunch of scammers just grade the fin card fairly so people can make some damn money its all a joke Ive seen some dogshit looking cards with 10s attached to them while but if u try to get even an 8-10 on a RC Jerry Rice or Young it better be immacualte
can almost guarantee there are small surface creases or wrinkles not visible to the naked eye. Jay is right the loupe changes everything with grading cards.
@@Eliteco3 magnification on 30 and 40 year old cards is just a damn joke. If you cant see the issue with the naked eye after that much time, it should get a better grade than what PSA is giving them....,
In the future....just flip the card over. The thumb covering the grade in addition to starting with the card showing the back is too much. Just my opinion though...I enjoyed the video. I would have invested in the tools to properly prequalify cards and watched training videos instead of learning on my own dime. It was an expensive education for you to do a massive submission.
I used to collect sports cards in the 80s and 90s and got out because of this. how is this fun, or are you one of the in it for the money guys? how is being disappointed in a sports card grade fun? does anybody enjoy anything anymore?
Agreed,I collect strictly raw grade and i'm in it for the fun not the resale value.(suppose I'm trying to recapture my youth) To each their own I suppose. The reprints passed off as originals really piss me off. I stick to 1950-60 era cards for the most part.
