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Let the Fireworks Begin...Share Your July Sparklers

mintonlyplsmintonlypls Posts: 2,017 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited June 30, 2023 8:13PM in Trading Cards & Memorabilia Forum

I finally made time to scan this card purchased recently...so I will include it here. A bold, well-focused image with a rich red background...a few print blemishes in the red background downgrades the card. Still...I have a hard time accepting this grade. Notice the absence of a tilt commonly plaguing the issue. PSA definitely has much tougher grading standards these days.

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  • pab1969pab1969 Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @mintonlypls said:
    I finally made time to scan this card purchased recently...so I will include it here. A bold, well-focused image with a rich red background...a few print blemishes in the red background downgrades the card. Still...I have a hard time accepting this grade. Notice the absence of a tilt commonly plaguing the issue. PSA definitely has much tougher grading standards these days.

    What a way to start off the month. What a beauty! Congrats.

  • sjjs28sjjs28 Posts: 460 ✭✭✭✭

    Definitely an example of "buying the CARD, not the HOLDER"
    Congrats!

    Steve Saldutti
    sjjs28@comcast.net
    Collector of 1964 Topps Stand Ups, 1965 Embossed, 1968 Topps Game and 1969 Topps Decals
    Registered Sets: 1964 Stand Ups, 1965 Embossed, 1968 Topps Game, 1969 Topps Decals
  • DrBusterDrBuster Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's a blazer no matter the grade

  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 1, 2023 7:50AM

    @mintonlypls

    PSA needs to do a better job of spelling out what “wear at a corner” means. Because it can mean anything from a barely noticeable touch (which this Mantle’s corners do have a couple of) to glaring dings and chips which seriously detract from eye appeal. All corner wear is not created equal, and should not impact the grade equally.

    My 1972 Baseball and Wacky Pack Registry Sets
  • 82FootballWaxMemorys82FootballWaxMemorys Posts: 1,520 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PaulMaul said:
    @mintonlypls

    PSA needs to do a better job of spelling out what “wear at a corner” means. Because it can mean anything from a barely noticeable touch (which this Mantle’s corners do have a couple of) to glaring dings and chips which seriously detract from eye appeal. All corner wear is not created equal, and should not impact the grade equally.

    Nebulousness is required to maintain census medians.

    It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)

  • RonSportscardsRonSportscards Posts: 942 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @mintonlypls said:
    I finally made time to scan this card purchased recently...so I will include it here. A bold, well-focused image with a rich red background...a few print blemishes in the red background downgrades the card. Still...I have a hard time accepting this grade. Notice the absence of a tilt commonly plaguing the issue. PSA definitely has much tougher grading standards these days.

    Here is a PSA8 for comparison. No tilt. No print blemishes. No black dot on shoulder. There is a color registration issue with the yellow though. Any card can be a half grade or full grade off any given day, but yours is not an unfair 7.5, and I don't think it's a corner wear issue, as another poster seems to think.

  • mintonlyplsmintonlypls Posts: 2,017 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 1, 2023 1:55PM

    The PSA-8 is off-center in both directions. My PSA-7.5 is nicer than this PSA-8 example. The grades should be flipped…or if the PSA-8 were graded today…it is a PSA-7 all day.

    mint_only_pls
  • mintonlyplsmintonlypls Posts: 2,017 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 1, 2023 2:22PM

    I would never submit my PSA-7.5 for review when a grader can easily point to blemishes in the red background to justify the PSA-7.5 grade…the eye appeal though is exceptional for the assigned grade is what I was trying to communicate.

    mint_only_pls
  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I’m personally skeptical that the “blemishes” are responsible for the grade. If so, it’s very inconsistent because there are plenty of 9s and 10s out there with fish eyes and other issues.

    My 1972 Baseball and Wacky Pack Registry Sets
  • KendallCatKendallCat Posts: 2,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 3, 2023 2:03PM

    Great eye appeal on the 7.5, and centering, corners, and registration are excellent. Guess the minor corner touches and the white print marks above the M and bottom of the oval pushed it down a half grade. Still a strong card that would fit well into a high end Mantle run.

  • 19591959 Posts: 626 ✭✭✭

    Slight bit of yellow on bottom and side of 7.5. Only yellow on the 8 is at the bottom. 7.5 has better eye appeal. No way the 8 would be graded the same today. (but still, both are nice looking cards.

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,208 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @gameusedhoop said:

    hey gameusedhoop,
    Pretty cool Goldenboy... :)

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,208 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @1951WheatiesPremium said:
    Nabbed a super fun pickup to kick off July. In all honesty, it just feels All-American, too, doesn’t it? I mean, what with the vivid colors, the familiar logos and three boys of summer on back and a general red white and blue color scheme, this really seems like the perfect pickup for the week of Independence Day…

    1971 Bazooka Bubble Gum - Complete Box - Hundley-Mays-Hunter



    …HAPPY 4TH OF JULY, CU Forums!!!

    hey 51Wheaties,
    I love the box...Oh Yeah...That's Cool... B)

  • 1951WheatiesPremium1951WheatiesPremium Posts: 6,363 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @RonSportscards

    Nice ones!!!

    Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?

    https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/987963/1951-wheaties-premium-photos-set-registry#latest

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,208 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @smallstocks said:

    hey smallstocks,
    Nice one... :)

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,208 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @stevegarveyfan said:

    hey stevegarveyfan,
    Cool looking card...could you help me out a little on your Ryan; I know its a 77, I'm lost on that on that 158 part... :)

  • RonSportscardsRonSportscards Posts: 942 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @GroceryRackPack said:

    @stevegarveyfan said:

    hey stevegarveyfan,
    Cool looking card...could you help me out a little on your Ryan; I know its a 77, I'm lost on that on that 158 part... :)

    77 Topps Venezuelan Sticker. Card # 158.
    https://www.psacard.com/cardfacts/baseball-cards/1977-venezuelan-league-stickers/33394

  • BBBrkrrBBBrkrr Posts: 1,261 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BPorter26 said:
    Over the last several years, I've regretted selling my Roberto Clemente cards and I've slowly started to pick them back up. I just picked up this 1961 Topps PSA 8. I was in Pittsburgh little over 4 weeks ago and took a tour of the Clemente Musuem. It's a must for any baseball fan. They had an amazing display of a high-end Clemente collection that was on loan from John Demaria. I shot a video of the display, and I attached the video to my thread.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38lhFKJ-9rQ

    I've been trying to add to my Clemente collection the past few years too. I love that '61. It's just a cool portrait of the guy and one of my favorites. Very nice 8.

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,208 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ChanceP said:

    My first Wayne PSA 10

    hey ChanceP,
    Awesome 99... :)

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,208 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @stwainfan said:
    My first Eddie Mathews card.

    hey stwainfan,
    That's a Pretty One... :)

  • stwainfanstwainfan Posts: 1,533 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @GroceryRackPack said:

    @stwainfan said:
    My first Eddie Mathews card.

    hey stwainfan,
    That's a Pretty One... :)

    thanks.

    I collect hall of fame rookie cards, https://www.instagram.com/stwainfan/

  • Chicago1976Chicago1976 Posts: 539 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @stwainfan said:

    @GroceryRackPack said:

    @stwainfan said:
    My first Eddie Mathews card.

    hey stwainfan,
    That's a Pretty One... :)

    thanks.

    Agree....presents much better than a 3. Nice pickup!

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,208 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Chicago1976 said:
    Always liked the "Baseball Thrills" cards. This one looked like it would grade well, so I sent it in.

    hey Chicago1976,
    That's a Pretty One... :)

  • mintonlyplsmintonlypls Posts: 2,017 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Balco...

    Two very gorgeous cards. The PSA-8 is exceptional for the assigned grade!

    mint_only_pls
  • azvikeazvike Posts: 377 ✭✭✭

    @Chicago1976 said:
    Always liked the "Baseball Thrills" cards. This one looked like it would grade well, so I sent it in.

    Loved Rocky....would love to see him in the hall someday. What a class guy. Still looks good too...

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