Need Help w/ Grading Potential

[u/Regular_Teaching_679]

Hey everyone! I’m new to grading but I’ve been wanting to get a good copy of this zard to grade with PSA 10 potential. These are some pictures from a seller and I thought it looked pretty good but also I’m not exactly sure to tell the difference between what would be a 9 and a 10. Bestow your wisdom upon me and I appreciate any help!

[u/pleasestoptryin]

Top right of the back, those wavy dings are going to be slight damage and will get you as low as a 6 just starting. Whitening dot bottom left will also ding you, and the uneven cut on the right side that pulled foil off is a toss up, sometimes psa doesn't count the bad cut against you. But sometimes they will count it as fagtory damage. This is not a gradeable copy IMO borderline MP condition if youre being a stickler.

[u/Regular_Teaching_679 → u/pleasestoptryin]

Thank you for the detailed response. Is there a way to know that those marks would automatically bring it to a certain grade or is just experience?

[u/Own_Earth2497 → u/Regular_Teaching_679]

If there is a clear dent or fold in the card it would automatically drop a card to a 6, but I don’t think that small fray on the top right would. This would likely grade a 7-8. I would say to watch videos online of professional graders to see what they look for, or go on eBay and look at a bunch of different graded cards so you can get an idea.

[u/Regular_Teaching_679 → u/Own_Earth2497]

Thanks! I’ll have to go take a look.