I was watching that auction. It wasn't getting much attention, so I thought that I might get it cheap and cross it over for a 4 or 5, which would have been fine with me.
It sure didn't look like an 8, or a 7, or a 6 really. But a 5 didn't look far off.
I would never buy a ksa card unless i saw it in person. I recently went to see a few C cards in KSA 5-6 holders, 50% had paperloss and the rest were no better than 4's on a good day.
Jim,
Did you see that KSA 2 Ross C56 that sold the other day? Marks all over it and it was pretty much missing the back with paper loss. How can a card with no back grade any higher than a 1?