Caution! You 1967 Topps baseball collectors might faint at the sight of this auction!!

RedHeart54

A TEN Mantle no less!!!

Superior auction

RedHeart54

P.S.

Not too many of the photos seem to be loaded. Stay tuned, I guess.

dude

I just skimmed through it and there a many cards being sold individually. Unfortunately, they don't have all the scans up yet, but I'm sure they will in due time.

JeffVN

I just checked them out and every picture loaded for me. Check it out.


Also, Mile High's Auction has not yet closed. He's got some sweet cards there also.

toppsgun

That Mantle is BARELY, if at all, 40/60 top to bottom. What a disappointment! Just like the good ol' American Dollar, a PSA 10 just ain't what it used to be. But for the person who collects PSA holders, it's a nice one.

Camel22

That's surprising. If anything, the grading of today seems a hell of a lot stricter than when I got my cards graded from PSA several years ago.

They also have a 1969T Alcindor "Tall Boy" listed as "8" in this auction. This card is horribly off-center...if its graded today, it would easily be labeled an "8(OC)" bring its value equal to a "6" in the registry. Biggest frustration with the grading system & the Set Registry is the unfairness this exact situation. Makes you wonder if the top sets in the Set Registry are REALLY the top sets or is it for the sole reason that the cards were graded long ago before PSA got strict on the qualifiers. Another issue is the qualifiers and the fact that a horribly off-centered card is docked as much as a card that has a very light stain on the back that is hardly noticeable. I know its not easily remedied but some of the "9's" of several years ago could easily be graded as 8's with qualifiers today. Just an observation.

mikeschmidt

Camel22:

You do have a point. However, I would say that very few of the "top sets" in the hobby are stacked with overgraded cards. I think that tends to be the exception more than the rule. Also, I think the stronger cards for a grade typically are the ones that reside in collections, whereas the weaker grades are typically the ones that are flipped over and over on Ebay and through the auction houses. This is not an unusual phenomenon.

I understand your frustration with a "horribly off-centered card being docked as much as a card with a print stain on the reverse", but that is just the way it is, I guess. No good remedy. I think it's silly that a PSA 9 with 65/35 centering is worth two whole grade points more than a PSA 9 o/c card with 71/29 centering. But you have to draw the line somewhere. And, as has been discussed previously, PSA has been in busines for over 10 years -- people's attitudes towards centering, back stains, etc. has definitely changed over that time frame. Who's to say that the current thinking will remain so in 5 years...?

MS