PSA 8?
Knuckles
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With the ding to the top left corner and the unknown substance.. glue maybe beside his blocker going down to his feet.. No ST? Weird.
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Not even close to a straight 8 by today's standards.
Cards with a PSA certification number starting with zero
need to be looked at closely to make sure they were not overgraded back in the good old days.
I'm guessing that card was graded a long, long time ago and then reholdered with a new slab and flip.
"How about a little fire Scarecrow ?"
<< <i>Cards with a PSA certification number starting with zero need to be looked at closely to make sure they were not overgraded back in the good old days. >>
I don't disagree, but I do own some 00 cards that are high end for their grade in my opinion. Maybe the range for certain grades was informally wider back then -- like an umpire's strike zone?
I find it interesting that EVERY one of Tom Candiotti's PSA 10 treasures featured in the current SMR start with 0 cert. number. I do not by any means infer that they are not legitimate 10's, but in his whole magnificent collection did he buy any that were NOT graded in the "good ol days"?
As an aside, does anyone know how Candiotti could afford to accumulate his amazing collection? Just his Top 25 were worth up to $7 milion, according to the SMR article. He was a decent pitcher, but he wasn't THAT well compensated! I'm sure it's been reported sometime, I just haven't found it.
As another aside, if I had a $50,000 PSA 10 vintage card with that original ugly flip that looks like somebody made on an old manual Corona typewriter, I would spend the $5 on a new slab and a more attractive flip.
Salaries
1986 Cleveland Indians $80,000
1987 Cleveland Indians $160,000
1988 Cleveland Indians $230,000
1989 Cleveland Indians $505,000
1990 Cleveland Indians $1,050,000
1991 Cleveland Indians $2,500,000
1992 Los Angeles Dodgers $3,750,000
1993 Los Angeles Dodgers $3,650,000
1994 Los Angeles Dodgers $3,650,000
1995 Los Angeles Dodgers $4,450,000
1996 Los Angeles Dodgers $3,000,000
1997 Los Angeles Dodgers $3,000,000
1998 Oakland Athletics $2,850,000
1999 Oakland Athletics $3,000,000
Career (may be incomplete) $31,875,000
They miss the first three years of Tom's career but he was at the MLB minimum it appears. Looks like he made right around 32 million bucks for his playing career. He also worked for ESPN as a commentator. Still nowhere near enough income to justify 20% of it on cards. I imagine he has made some pretty shrewd investments as well.
"Pete Rose would walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball." - Sparky Anderson
<< <i>I imagine he has made some pretty shrewd investments as well. >>
Not least of which are his amazing cards!
I, of course, cannot imagine spending an inordinate amount of one's money on little colorful pieces of cardboard.