1971 Topps baseball; worth grading?

JimMeant

What kind of potential grades am I looking at if I send these cards in? Thoughts and opinions welcomed from the board.

I know 1971 Topps is a tough issue to get graded but I still thought these 2 HOF pitchers were worthy of purchasing.

I picked both of these up for fairly cheap yesterday. Examining the borders/edges they do no appear to be re-colored.

The Blyleven has really nice centering and eye appeal. Bottom left corner has some issue but doesn’t look to be a bend or ding. Almost looks more like a small surface scratch. Bottom right corner is a little soft too. Rest of the card looks really nice IMO

The Nolan Ryan looks pretty good too but is obviously off center.

daltex

Is there paper missing on the back of the Blyleven?

JimMeant

@daltex said:
Is there paper missing on the back of the Blyleven?

No, don’t believe so

ahopkins

5, 6 (OC)

JKT

Nice pickups. FWIW I personally would enjoy them in their raw state and skip the grading on these two. Probably not very cost effective to send to PSA (though admittedly Ive sent in cards that made way less sense than these would.)

CSUrunandstun

Ryan left edge may be miscut

krisd3279

I think a 5 or 6 at most on the Blyleven.

Here is a 7. I think the centering on yours may be a little nicer, but those edges will kill you.