The most common flaw that keeps this card from earning a PSA 10 grade? Print defects on the front surface.
To offer some insight direct from the PSA Grading Room: One aspect that sets the 1980 Topps Rickey Henderson card apart from almost all other cards in the set is the large area of black surface on the front of the card, thanks to the shadow cast inside the dugout in the background of the image.
As was the case with many vintage sets with darker areas on the surface, this created a higher likelihood for white, snowy-looking print dots or yellow "fish eye" defects to show up as heavily visible on this portion of the surface, affecting the overall eye appeal of the card.
Finding copies with good centering, clean edges and sharp corners is not as difficult with this card as it is to find an example without noticeable print defects on the front.
We've also seen a noticeably larger volume of this card come to PSA since 2020 - especially as more collectors dug into their older collections - which further shrinks the overall Gem Rate.
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