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Interesting: PSA 4 = PSA 5 = PSA 6

detroitfan2detroitfan2 Posts: 3,337 ✭✭✭✭
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I'm probably the only one who finds this interesting, but . . .

Here's three different 1959 # 10 Mickey Mantle's, a PSA 4, a PSA 5, and a PSA 6. All ended the same day from the same seller with the same shipping charges. All ended for the same price? Looks like centering really is important!

PSA 4

PSA 5

PSA 6

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  • phreakydancinphreakydancin Posts: 1,691 ✭✭
    I don't know if I've ever seen a PSA 6 with less eye appeal.
  • envoy98envoy98 Posts: 4,000 ✭✭


    << <i>I don't know if I've ever seen a PSA 6 with less eye appeal. >>



    I couldn't agree more. I would much rather have that 4 than the 6. On some cards centering isn't nearly as much of an issue, at least for me. (ie. 55 and 56 topps for example. However, with that card and it's bright red background, it looks terrible off-center like that. It doesn't surprise me too much that the prices are so comparable. Centering, especially to vintage collectors is probably the single most important factor.
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  • calleochocalleocho Posts: 1,569 ✭✭
    Thats fantastic!

    its a tremendous sign that collectors are buying the card and not the slab ...Eye appeal will be the new thing sellers will hype in their auctions instead of a technical grade.

    All cards are graded properly given the standards but a premium is being paid for eye appeal ...i love it.
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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    I don't know if I've ever seen a PSA 6 with less eye appeal.

    I agree! and FWIW the other day this card was on ebay and I thought the very same thing. I guess corners are sharp....


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    what bothers me is that TRUE EX/MNT cards are supposed to look MINT at first glance and then upon further examination 2 corners are allowed to be soft. Cards this OC should never be given an EX/MNT grade IMO

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  • AhmanfanAhmanfan Posts: 4,395 ✭✭✭✭
    that mays psa 6 (shown in the photo with the mantle psa 6) looks worse than a lot of my 5's. another ugly 6!
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  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,067 ✭✭✭
    Great post. That is very interesting.
  • detroitfan2detroitfan2 Posts: 3,337 ✭✭✭✭
    I agree with envoy98, I have some 55's in PSA 6 that are centered worse than the Mantle (almost MC), but due to the red background, the off-centering really stands out in the Mantle.

    Maybe there's another untapped market out there . . . anyone want to start a "4_even_borders" or "50_50_TB_50_50_LR" ebay id?
  • detroitfan2detroitfan2 Posts: 3,337 ✭✭✭✭
    And while we're on the subject of centering as it relates to a grade, apparently CSA is a bit more lenient with centering than SCD:

    Same Teddy Ballgame, CSA 7, SCD 4
  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭
    Also, that card, and 59's in genral are tough to find centered anyhow. When I see a 59 O/c Mantle almost seems so run of the mill
  • gregmadduxfangregmadduxfan Posts: 556
    I bought a PSA 8 OC 59 topps for around 400ish in around 2000, I ended flipping it for a couple hundred more a couple years later. It was a gorgeous card except for the centering, I always wanted to see if I could get it graded down to a straight 7 since it would have been that with the OC problem, which wasnt that bad anyways.
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