Any chance these cards will grade a 9?

shambo2000

I just opened two vending boxes of 1980 Topps Baseball and two vending boxes of 1983 Topps Baseball. After looking at 2,000 cards I can find only four with a shot a 9. Any guesses/comments/opinions? Click link for the scan.

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Shannon
shambo2000

EagleEyeKid

Trammell 8 ( you have old color bleeding on the white borders on top half of the card )
Sandberg 8 ( same as above but worse on this one.....both upper corners aren't strong )
Murphy 9 (this may have a shot at a 10, a miniscule diamond cut....depends on grader)
Ripken 8 (because of the corners and edges)

shambo2000

Thanks Bryan, were you able to see the hi-res scan or did windows resize it?

EagleEyeKid

The window resized it (my little compass thingy opened up and I clicked it ).
The scan took up the whole page nice and big. Is there blue (old rub off from packs) on the top
2 cards, or is it the scan?

shambo2000

I double checked the cards with a 10x loupe and I didn't see any blue tinting. Must be my cheap Wally-World scanner.

EagleEyeKid

Good luck. Let's see what other members think.

Buccaneer

I'd guess:

9 - Trammel (not bad)
7 - Sandberg (upper left corner)
9 - Murphy (bottom edge a concern)
8 - Ripken (I hate rough cut cards but PSA doesn't)

If these are the best 4 out of 2000, that's tragic. The 2 "9" might get grading fee, the other two won't

ldferg

8 - trammell
8 - ripken
8 - sandberg
9 - murphy

i'm thinking like buccaneer...are these the best out of 2k cards? where did the vending come from? how did your henderson's look from the 80 vending?

dallasactuary

8 - Trammel
7 - Sandberg
9 - Murphy
8 - Ripken

The last two Murphy 9's on ebay sold for $5 and $5.51 which makes these 4 boxes a complete washout. What was the problem with the bigger stars (Henderson, Ryan, Schmidt, Rose from '80, same plus Sandberg, Gwynn, Boggs and Ripken from '83)? If there weren't any or if they were significantly worse than most of the cards then you probably got ripped off. If they were there and just Ex-Mint - NM like all the others then the seller doesn't store his cards very well. Either way, you may want to let the seller know you were disappointed with the cards - his reaction will probably tell you (and us, if you share it) a great deal.

Knuckles

Submit them and lets see what happens

I would put my money on EagleEye, he's rarely wrong.

shambo2000

Here's the breakdown on the boxes. 1980's - No Henderson!, Several Schmidt's probably NM. One Rose probably NM. Three Ozzie Smith's all with minor corner wear probably NM. A good selection of HOF'ers just most of the cards have minor problems that wouldn't allow them to be graded 9.

1983's - No Gwynn or Boggs! Three Sandberg's. You've seen the best one. Two Ripken's, One Ryan in NM. The 83's were in much better shape than the 80's. There are probably 50-100 commons with a legitimate shot at a nine, I just don't want to spend the money to have them graded unless a good special comes along.

I didn't really expect a whole lot from the 80 boxes since I only paid 39.95 each for them, well below market value. One Henderson even in NM-MT would have been nice though.

If anyone would like to see a scan of a specific player let me know and I'll be happy to post it.

Shannon

BigRedMachine

No Henderson, no Gwynn, no Boggs= searched vending boxes or you're the unluckiest person in the world!

shambo2000

Could be a combination of both

CDsNuts

I think they're all 8's. The Murphy has a shot at a 9 but I don't see it happening with the top right and bottom left corners touched.

Lee

smallstocks

I think they were all trimmed