I now find myself looking forward to your 'new PSA' posts! Another awesome group of cards. Please keep them coming.....

Not to put down your cards, they look great. But how does PSA grade? I thought PSA wouldn't grade anything cut out or torn out with a higher grade than authentic. But that doesn't seem to be applied equally. Can someone explain how they decide which handcut items get a grade and which do not?

PSA grades cards both hand cut cards and cards that are perforated. Most strip cards, like the ones pictured here, are torn (separated) from perforated strips. If you look closely at the scans you can see the perforations on both sides of the cards. It's like tearing apart a row of stamps. However, other strip cards don't have perforations, sets like Nightmare Of Warfare and War Scenes, so the only way to separate these cards from each other was/is to cut them. Actually, you could tear them apart but it would be messy and leave you with irregular pieces, like tearing apart any piece of cardboard. The PSA label for these usually states "Hand Cut" on it. Check out item #200342440792 on EBay for an example.

One of the things I love about strip cards are the perforations. It adds one more factor to corners, centering, color, etc. when considering how to grade a card, but I think cards with nice perforations look super.

Alan

Hello to All ,

Lovely cards Alan , well done on some super grades & many thanks for sharing the scans .

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Mark

I got the first three cards in trades with two Board members. Thanks guys.




And this is the elusive #6 which is no longer the lowest graded card in my set.

Great Tootsie Circus Alan! Hard to find them in that condition

Are the Buymore Treasure Island cards the same as the Parkhurst Treasure Island Cards, I know the Parkhurst are bilingual but is it the same set?

I believe it's the same set. I have several of the Grant Products cards and they are the same fronts.

Alan

Hello to All ,

Alan , that elusive #6 is super . Great card .

Claude , the whole set can be viewed in the Gallery .
http://www1.coe.neu.edu/~dan/buym-ti/go.html

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Mark

The Man versus Bird card is very scarey.

Alan, what brand/model of scanner are you using?

Sorry Jeff, just saw your post. Scanner is a Canon Canoscan 8800F. Very fast.

Alan

First time trying to get some cards graded.
1-7
4-6
2-5
4-4
1-3
Here a few.

Nice going Alan. Welcome to the wonderful world of grading!

Alan

thanks!

i am not a psa submitter, but i thought they took centering as a focal point on grading. maybe its the scans, but a couple of those cards graded psa 6 look to barely have a border? am i wrong?

Alan W - awesome cards. Great job on the first sub and keep them coming!

Rand - both SGC and PSA take centering into account. Because there is no qualifier listed on the holder doesn't mean the grade wasn't reduced for the centering issue. When I submit I always request "no qualifiers" on the holder.

qualifiers are the kiss of death at really any grade...........

These cards came back from PSA in yesterday's mail:

1953 Parekhurst BION:



R21 1937 BION:

1800's steamers. The first was a recent submission, the second a board member trade

Hello to All ,

Alan W , some nice cards that you've graded there . I hope you have many years of great grades from the grading companies .

Keep up the good work .
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Mark

Jerry & Dave B , lovely cards , many thanks for sharing
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Mark

I only "join" PSA every 4 years or so - it usually takes me that long to get a large enough submission. Nearing this closure window; I sent in my Flag Midgee set. With the exception of a few that PSA broke the perforations, nearly all the set graded at least a 7:

Mark,

Quick question about the Flag Midgee set. Did Topps distribute that in multiple ways. I still have the ones I collected as a kid (although I was 8, and don't remember buying them.) Most of mine show no perforations on any side.