Ok, here goes....GUESS THE GRADE...Don't get ridiculous now...just honestly grade what you think it

KalineFan

http://s89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/6isbest/?action=view&current=85Ryan.jpg

Sorry, for some reason, it stopped working. I will try it again!

Tony

Ok, the one below works!
Once again, Please honestly grade it and thanks.

85 Donruss Nolan Ryan

vintagetoppsguy

Bad Link

KalineFan

The second link works!

donrus

im not the best judge but corners and centering seem to be great im going to say at least 9 if not a 10. don

Stingray

9, though centering is not perfect it still could be graded a 10.

KalineFan

Try this on.....It came back............ ---- 6 --- .............!

redsfan

WOW! That's a sweet looking card. You made me go back and check what qualifies for a 6. Seems like they must have spotted something to drop it from what appears to be a strong 9 all the way down to a 6. I've had a few unexpected 5's, but eventually always found a wrinkle.

psafan

you must have got that card from a factory set, check the back, it has a wrinkle

frankhardy

I've got 2 Roger Clemens' that are identical. They look absolutely pristine. They are both 6's.

cardbender

If it's from a factory set, check the right or left middle edge for a very subtle ripple. That seems to be common on some factory set shrink wrapped packs. Donruss put them into 55 card lots I believe and shrink wrapped them for the factory sets as I'm sure you know.


Maybe that's the issue with your Ryan card.

I've had a Clemens with this same edge problem and received the magic PSA 6 grade also.

Your card looks like a 9 or 10 from the scan. Hard to judge any surface issues from a scan.

digicat

Yeah, probably a tiny wrinkle going into the card from one of the corners due to the factory sealing process. I picked up a 1985 Donruss factory set a while back and everything in the first brick had matching wrinkles. I've seen the same thing in a brick from a 1987 Donruss Factory set, and in a pair of 1987 Donruss Highlights sets.

Also, a while back, I picked up a 1600 card lot of loose 1986 Donruss "The Rookies" cards. I guess the guy who sold it cracked a few cases of the stuff looking for Bonds, Jackson, and Canseco cards. I scrapped about a third of the lot due to the corner wrinkles.