Centering gurus. Thoughts? Bradshaw rookie

123Slider

The rare raw find for me these days. I missed on some others.

I don’t know anything about this set other than centering is tough. This card is awesome in every other way. What kind of grade am I looking at?

Thanks

Chad

ldferg

This looks altered/trimmed.

123Slider

@ldferg said:
This looks altered/trimmed.

Well I’m not out much if that’s the case so it’s worth the risk. Given what else he had, if it is he didn’t know it.

What do you see to think it is?

vintagefun

The total of the top and bottom border looks shy. Compare to a few on eBay or measure vs. 3.5"

Desert_Ice_Sports

I hope that's a bad scan... It looks both trimmed and counterfeit.

123Slider

@vintagefun said:
The total of the top and bottom border looks shy. Compare to a few on eBay or measure vs. 3.5"

Measures up as it should

Desert_Ice_Sports

Must be an optical illusion... the top/bottom borders on this PSA 8 look much bigger than on yours.

secretstash

This looks like a clear counterfeit to me--not real. Blue background says it all bud.

ZTarg

Seems fake to me. Here is a side by side as close as I could get them to the same size.

Desert_Ice_Sports

The color variation and graniness are concerning, although a bad scan could be at least partly to blame for this... But, in the comparison above, the cards themselves appear to be the same size, but the card on the left has smaller top and bottom borders... Also, the white box surrounding Bradshaw is taller in the left example... If it were mine, I'd be very concerned.

123Slider

Well. I’m convinced. Reprint it is. At least I didn’t have much in it. Thanks guys

jlvette50

Maybe a reprint? Looks similar to the one listed here:
https://ebay.com/itm/REPRINTS-ROOKIES-MEAN-JOE-GREENE-TERRY-BRADSHAW-PITTSBURGH-STEELERS-ROOKIE-CASE/153200080275?hash=item23ab6fb593:g:pBIAAOSw5dhbr2P4

GoDodgersFan

mrshomer09 has a lot reprints for sale.