A few years back I posted about grading my 1933 Goudey Brooklyn Dodgers' team set. PSA graded everything but one card which they felt was too low-grade to slab. I assume it's because they did not think the card would survive the encapsulation process -- although the head grader at PSA once told me anything too low-grade would not be slabbed as it would damage the brand by being in a PSA holder.
That last part is pure bullshit considering some of the items I have seen PSA grade in the same timeframe. Nevertheless, I knew I could not argue the point and so I had to find a way to get Val Picinich holdered so the whole team run could be as uniform as possible. I did not want to go and buy a PSA graded Val, as I would then have to do the added task of selling my raw copy as I don't need two.
As you can see the card survived the process of being entombed in plastic. I also did not have to wait 6-12 months or pay an ungodly fee to have a common in wildly poor shape slabbed. MBA Grading also did not require me to sign forms saying if damage occurred they were not liable. They simply provided a grading service. I am now a happy camper with my entire team set protected for eternity.
