Just came across a rookie card set that I had forgotten that I had acquired back when Michael Jordan was still with the Chicago Bulls. Maybe I should try for a regrade of the past graded Mint 9.
I see there is today the option of a 9.5. Anyone have experience with submitting sports cards for upgrades?
(Not sure if 9.5 was even an option decades ago.)
@1northcoin
I don't know anything about this but there may not be a 9.5
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PSA Introduces Half Grades for Trading Cards
After carefully considering significant changes in the trading card marketplace and listening to the requests of hobbyists, Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) will implement a new half-point precision grading system effective February 1, 2008. The familiar 1 through 10 PSA grading scale will now also include a half-point grade from 1.5 through 8.5.
Orlando pointed out there are now huge differences in values between PSA 7, 8 and 9; in some cases, literally thousands of dollars.
“For example, if a 1955 Topps Sandy Koufax rookie card in PSA NM-MT 8 is currently worth about $2,200 and a PSA Mint 9 is worth approximately $18,000-plus, there should be a card that falls somewhere in between those two numbers,” explained Orlando who also is Editor of Sports Market Report, a monthly price guide.
PSA will add a half-point grade within each of the 1 to 10 numbers with the exception of a 9.5 grade.
“We felt it was not necessary to add a third Mint grade since PSA already has a Mint 9 and Gem Mint 10 grade as part of the current scale. For the first time, this new system will also help separate cards that are graded Poor or Fair since the previous scale combined those two grades at the same PSA 1 level. This can result in a significant difference in value if the card in question is a T206 Honus Wagner or a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle.”
My own personal introduction to Moli'i Fish Pond aligned with a roadside stop at the connecting Macadamia Nut Farm (actually a sales location rather than a farm) in the summer of 2001 just months before the eventful 9-11 calamity. As I wandered along a wooded pathway I encountered an artist with an approximate 50 inch by 30 inch canvas mounted on an easel. He told me he was completing a painting of the Moli'i Fish Pond. The setting there under the shadow of the westward looming majestic Cliffs of the Kualoa Mountains was serene. Extending eastward from the enclosed body of water was a thin peninsula of land known as Secret Island which separated the fish pond from the Pacific Ocean.
Observing the quality of his effort I let the artist Dennis Morton know that I would be interested in acquiring his completed work. In the ensuing weeks we kept in touch and he let me know that his intent was to have prints replicated from the original painting. Those plans fell apart somehow as a consequence of 9-11but the original painting eventually made it to me where I resided. It hung in my office for many years before eventually returning to Hawaii for hanging there.
When I look at it today, it reminds me not only of the serenity there on the edge of Moli'i Fish Pond when I met the artist painting it, but also of the world's stability that was then existent.
Below pictured is the subject painting of Moli'i Fish Pond as well as a recently taken photograph of the tree depicted in the painting as it can be seen today from the site of the Macadamia Nut Farm's gardens. Also included is a view looking westward to the looming majestic Cliffs of the Kualoa Mountains:
Talk about serendipity -
.Shortly after posting the above account regarding my acquiring of the above pictured painting, I stopped by an art gallery that just happened to have a recently released book by the artist. Not only did I find my painting featured, but the artist had included the same account of how I came upon him while he was painting it and confirming details of my subsequent acquisition.
FWIW the actual size of the painting as I just measured it again is 29 inches high and 51inches wide rather than the 24 inches by 36 inches referenced. I am guessing that the artist had long lost his original notes in the two decades between its painting and the book's publication.
He also mentioned that a photo of the painting was included in a book by his mentor, the artist Richard Whitney. Now I will have to track that book down as well.
For good measure here added are some of my recently taken photos in Hawaii:
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Sitting here baking at 102 in SoCal and in a mega drought. Looking at so much relief in just 2 days ...
I love a good monsoon rain storm sitting on the back porch with rumbling,crackling,thunder and lightning.And smelling the fresh rain.
Bring it on!Ha!Ha!
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Just came across a rookie card set that I had forgotten that I had acquired back when Michael Jordan was still with the Chicago Bulls. Maybe I should try for a regrade of the past graded Mint 9.
I see there is today the option of a 9.5. Anyone have experience with submitting sports cards for upgrades?
(Not sure if 9.5 was even an option decades ago.)
@1northcoin
I don't know anything about this but there may not be a 9.5
.
.
PSA Introduces Half Grades for Trading Cards
After carefully considering significant changes in the trading card marketplace and listening to the requests of hobbyists, Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) will implement a new half-point precision grading system effective February 1, 2008. The familiar 1 through 10 PSA grading scale will now also include a half-point grade from 1.5 through 8.5.
Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb
Bad transactions with : nobody to date
Orlando pointed out there are now huge differences in values between PSA 7, 8 and 9; in some cases, literally thousands of dollars.
“For example, if a 1955 Topps Sandy Koufax rookie card in PSA NM-MT 8 is currently worth about $2,200 and a PSA Mint 9 is worth approximately $18,000-plus, there should be a card that falls somewhere in between those two numbers,” explained Orlando who also is Editor of Sports Market Report, a monthly price guide.
PSA will add a half-point grade within each of the 1 to 10 numbers with the exception of a 9.5 grade.
“We felt it was not necessary to add a third Mint grade since PSA already has a Mint 9 and Gem Mint 10 grade as part of the current scale. For the first time, this new system will also help separate cards that are graded Poor or Fair since the previous scale combined those two grades at the same PSA 1 level. This can result in a significant difference in value if the card in question is a T206 Honus Wagner or a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle.”
Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb
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change find from yesterday
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Talk about serendipity -
.Shortly after posting the above account regarding my acquiring of the above pictured painting, I stopped by an art gallery that just happened to have a recently released book by the artist. Not only did I find my painting featured, but the artist had included the same account of how I came upon him while he was painting it and confirming details of my subsequent acquisition.
FWIW the actual size of the painting as I just measured it again is 29 inches high and 51inches wide rather than the 24 inches by 36 inches referenced. I am guessing that the artist had long lost his original notes in the two decades between its painting and the book's publication.
He also mentioned that a photo of the painting was included in a book by his mentor, the artist Richard Whitney. Now I will have to track that book down as well.
For good measure here added are some of my recently taken photos in Hawaii:
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Hoard the keys.
10 inches of rain in the last week. The waterfalls are flowing!
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Where is that?
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Sitting here baking at 102 in SoCal and in a mega drought. Looking at so much relief in just 2 days ...
Put together a little blacksmith shop and finally made a few hooks.
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Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb
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Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb
Bad transactions with : nobody to date
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Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb
Bad transactions with : nobody to date
I love a good monsoon rain storm sitting on the back porch with rumbling,crackling,thunder and lightning.And smelling the fresh rain.
Bring it on!Ha!Ha!
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Sashimi sampler ! Mmm
Mmmm
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Parting photos taken this Friday Eve:
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Isn’t going out to dinner Fun!!!!
The bacon wrapped shrimp was yummy to.
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Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb
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U.S. Army Specialist Erica Taliaferro on patrol in in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan
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