55Bowman collectors or grader are these going to be m/c
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Since there is a portion of the reverse of the next acrd, will these be mc qualified? Notice the little black strip on the upper right of the card. Help apprecaited, thanks!!!
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If you are certain that these are high-grade examples [I did not see the fronts] - PSA or GAI would be a better choice. For what it's worth, GAI 1955 Bowman graded cards often have an 'aura' around them that sometimes keep many collectors away from them. SGC would be my choice, too, with the realization that SGC-graded commons from this set have a very thin following, even at the SGC 88 level [which is tough]
~ms
One - if the cards are oversized, you're lucky. Many have trimmed downed oversized 1955 Bowmans and gotten them into graded holders.
Two - for me, the more salient question on back centering is looking at the left side - if there is not a thin strip of the card back [the tan color] to the left of the black box, that seems to be more of a trigger on back centering than anything else. And many 1955 Bowmans are like that...
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<< <i>mike - the aura around the GAI Bowmans is from the part of the edge that used to be there.
Nick >>
<< <i>mike - the aura around the GAI Bowmans is from the part of the edge that used to be there.
Nick >>
Nick - if only it were tha obvious. A large number of the high-grade GAI Bowmans measure standard size, if not slightly larger than standard. The most obvious thing that I've seen that does not look exactly right is that the cards seem a little too glossy, IMHO. I've seen enough examples that came out of packs from Paris, and none of them had gloss like that.
That being said - I would be more upfront if I could pinpoint what was going on, if anything. But I cannot. Hopefully this mystery will be solved sooner or later - but I think something as simple as a trim job does not seem to be the case.
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<< <i>There has been a recent (6 months) glut of Mint 9 55 Bowmans that have been graded. My guess is that many of the cards were oversized and trimmed down, I think it is that simple. >>
MINT from Global, or elsewhere, Fletch...?
The interesting thing is that for most of them I've seen, the borders are without chips on all four sides. Even if examples were trimmed - it would be unlikely [in my head anyway] - that there would exist a great number of them, especially with the dark borders, that would have spotless edges all the way around. I've never seen '55 Bowmans that big that they could justify that much trimming.
~ms
Unfortunately it was PSA, mostly commons in March or April of last year nearly 75 new 9s were graded. I think you are wrong when you say most of the 9s you are seeing measure up. If you look closely I think you will find many of them are actually undersized.