1977 Topps Jim Rice - PSA 10 - Check out this beauty.
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-- Yogi Berra
Bosox1976
<< <i>Card looks beautiful, but centering is a bit suspect for a 10. >>
LOL! Check out my first post in the 'greatest cliches' thread.
-- Yogi Berra
"Centering L/R looks a little borderline for a PSA 10."
You didn't specify L/R, but hey-- I was close. In all seriousness, though,I don't think we've had a link to a PSA 10 posted here in the last year where someone hasn't questioned the centering.
Centering is a bit off, it hits you right away that the card does not have "perfect" centering - and that is what I expect from a PSA 10.
(Cliche it might be, but very true!)
<< <i>Don't worry - redsoxjeff is going to overpay for it, no one else stands a chance. >>
You don't know the HALF of it. He's been waiting for this card since he was born. His 9 will be just as strong as this 10--I guarantee it. He'll have a very expensive piece of plastic when the dust settles. I'm guessing the card is quite sharp, but the 77 Rice isn't particularily tough to find sharp, clean and centered. The odds that this card is ANY nicer than a pretty decent 9 are slim and none. Every once in a while you'll find 77's with a tiffany-like finish. Typically, the stock isn't as sharp on those (unless Joe Tuttle is cutting...er...uh...selling it) tiffany-like cards, but there are a handful of Rice's with that finish out there. I'll post a pic of one of my 9's later that has the corners and surface quality I would expect from a 10...then someone can chime in about the tilt
The best Rice's I've seen to date came from a case that Terry Ihlefeldt (waxme) broke in Washington state about six years ago. They are all razor sharp and clean. They do lack the explosive color, however. I might crack out my SGC 96 and go for a 10 on it myself for sport. The corners are needles and the centering is perfect front and back. It's funny, I had to outbid--who else? redsoxjeff for it and paid about 130 bucks for it. That card wouldn't sell beyond 30 bucks today. Makes the shot at a 10 worthwhile...it might be fun to try.
dgf
1976 Jim Rice SGC 96
I have handled my fair share of 76s and that card is mind blowing!!!!!!
that Rice looks damn good man. I KNOW how amped up you get for perfection. Cut yourself some slack will ya?!
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
Here's a recent pick-up from this seller that I feel like I stole. The 9's typically sell in the 75-100 dollar range of this card and this one went for 35 bucks. I owned both 10's of this card and thought both had generous issues. One haed spider wrinkles literally all through the card and was a sheet-cut from Joe Tuttle. It also had the worst PD I have ever seen on Brett's face (a dark yellow tint on his whole image). and the other was just mushy and soft with nothing special about it. THIS is my fifth 9 and I finally settled on a set card...FINALLY! I hate to think of the total cash outlay and subsequent sales that led to this one but here it is! It arrived today and I'm very pleased to say the least...
Brett/Madlock
With the prices that some of these 1977 1/1's have been fetching, I am seriously considering parting with my 1977 Leflore. Although, it is a crapshoot. A Fran Healy goes for $400 and the Leflore would probably fetch 50 skins with my luck!
Congratulations on the great Garvey pick-up. The 76 Garvey is a very nice looking card for sure when it's really well-focused and struck. $30 is a steal for a card of that caliber. Concepcion isn't too easy a card, either. Lots of strange print associated with that card and dull color.
<< <i>Wow - that 76 Rice is a blazer, Phil! Best one I've seen, and I've seen quite a few. >>
Yeah, I've seen a few too. This one actually still has a L-R slight tilt to it, but it's no where as bad as all the ones I've seen. What is it about this card that they're all like this?
Compared to mine, which I submitted raw.
I submitted this card once before and am still scratching my head as to how it only pulled an 8. I will resubmit it under the current special and let all of you know of the results.
Mefer, I like that Concepcion of yours better than the 9 I just picked up. I am very particular about centering and will take a well centered 8 over an off kilter 9 any day of the week. Actually, a lot of my collection is dead centered 8's.
Those mid 70's Topps really trip my trigger! 76 and 77 especially. I am starting on the 1980 set. It is growing on me and I am loving some of the photography, especially that Nolan Ryan.
BTW, that Concepcion is really nice regardless of the holder. The exposure mark in the background is a limitation of the source and not in the manufacturing or printing of the image. The color appears strong on that one...is it? Sharp, sharp card for a NM/MT 8 it appears.
dgf