First look at a graded PSA 8.5

Pic borrowed from Ebay...
45/55 centering l/r with a minor tilt, slight touches on 2 corners, plus edge chipping common with this issue.
45/55 centering l/r with a minor tilt, slight touches on 2 corners, plus edge chipping common with this issue.

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IMHO grade fits card, wonderful card.
1977 stats:
49 hr 152 rbi (monster season from non-hof player)
J
RIP GURU
He does not look happy
CDsNuts, 1/9/15
make
george
foster
mad....
large missing chunk = PSA 7
JMHO
CDsNuts, 1/9/15
<< <i>
large missing chunk = PSA 7
JMHO >>
Large chunk missing = PSA 1. Some submitters are allowed to ride in the executive elevator and 1%'ers are herded in to the freight elevator.
<< <i> By the way, the Foster will now sell for $14 as opposed to $13 >>
PSA 8 Fosters usually go for between $30 and $45.
<< <i>large missing chunk = PSA 7 >>
Looks more like a rough cut thats not uncommon with 71s. I've seen plenty of 8s with them.
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deciding which ones I should submit.
Duh!
I like the old PSA better.
Perhaps for high-dollar vintage, but for anything else ... Not for me.
NewJerseyMeatHook
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<< <i>PSA 6. chaz >>
I wonder if PSA would agree with you.
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<< <i>
<< <i>PSA 6. chaz >>
I wonder if PSA would agree with you. >>
The left side edge on that card is brutal. chaz
If that card sells for $45 then I need to send in all of my 8's for reviews and become a millionaire. I think it's worth $14 tops. It's a junky 8 at best. When I said the card is an 8 I was being ultra generous on the rough cut when in actuality it is more than rough- it basically has a piece missing on the left side. Keep me posted on what the card sells for. I wouldn't buy the card for $10 buy it now.
Mickey71
IF loooking at hundreds more does not make me feel more educated/confident
than I feel now, I may start to think this needs to be explained better:
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Half-Point Grades:
Cards that exhibit high-end qualities within each particular grade, between PSA Good 2 and PSA Mint 9, may achieve a half-point increase. While PSA graders will evaluate all of the attributes possessed by a card in order to determine if the card may be eligible, there will be a clear focus on centering.
Generally speaking, a card must exhibit centering that is 5-10% better, at minimum, than the lowest % allowed within a particular grade. It is important to note that there may be cases where the overall strength of the card, such as the quality of the corners and print, will give the card the edge it needs despite the fact that it may exhibit only marginal centering for the grade. This is especially true for cards that find themselves within the bottom half of the PSA 1-10 scale.
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It might be that the .5 of EACH grade actually needs to be explained
inside of the published Grading Standards. Since they know what they
are looking for, they should be able to explain it in pretty good detail.
BUT, I have now seen fewer than 20 cards. Maybe I will "get-it" better
after handling a bunch of them.
<< <i>If that card sells for $45 then I need to send in all of my 8's for reviews and become a millionaire. I think it's worth $14 tops. It's a junky 8 at best. When I said the card is an 8 I was being ultra generous on the rough cut when in actuality it is more than rough- it basically has a piece missing on the left side. Keep me posted on what the card sells for. I wouldn't buy the card for $10 buy it now. >>
If this card had a $30 BIN, I'd be mine already.
A VERY tilted PSA 8 Foster (42/58 l/r top half, 54/46 l/r bottom half) just sold for $47 a week ago.
WTB: 2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars Longevity: Ryan Jensen #/25
There's a PSA 8 that's been bid up to over $70 with 5 days to go, I guess either there are some new collectors agressivly hunting his cards, or Foster's been training in the off season and is gonna make a comeback....
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Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
Awful.
Ron
Buying Vintage, all sports.
Buying Woody Hayes, Les Horvath, Vic Janowicz, and Jesse Owens autographed items
On the .5'ism.
I think down the road it makes PSA more competitive with companies that have it.
The fact that they said last month or last year that they wouldn't do it is - at this point - moot.
My cards are still what they are - and I enjoy the heck our of them and the hobby.
Tell ya what? Take out a binder today or a stack of PSA's - read the backs - the stats - the Topps comic - look at the picuture...
No matter what happens, those cards are still good - enjoy them.
Stone193.5
Stone, you are beautiful, man!
Rick
NJMH
jeff--barvader- you need this in your sigline haaaaaaaaaa i like his
george forster looks like a little twirp trying to look mean to me
<< <i>I have a Foster rookie that's nicer than that one for sale. I'm glad you got the bump, but that seems like they're priming the pump a bit. >>
Actually, it's not mine, I found it on Ebay. It belongs to BBCE.
Your Foster has already passed the highest price that a PSA 8 Foster has realized for the past 16 months, according to VCP. Congrats!
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The Foster is a 5 and the Kaline a 7
of course my opinion matters not, PSA's does.
This does not mean that those examples will sell premiums.
Steve
Kell '48 SP, Heilmann Amer. Caramels, Kaline collection, Gibson rookie, Jennings Cracker Jack and much more
I personally think that messing with a system that has worked for 15+ years is a mistake.
One of the reasons PSA caught on was 'simplicity'.
Cards with serious price spreads between grades for one.
It is those cards that IMO should be graded within a .5 scale
Steve
Foxx, Freehan, Gehinger, Bob Gibson, Goslin and much more
Here is an auction that closed tonight. A little surprised it didn't go for more. Maybe some were turned off by the auction itself, but it will be interesting to see how high profile .5 bumps shake out in the future
49 Bowman Campy
Nice looking card.
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