Just sent in 7 cards for the .5 bump review... what do you think will get upgraded? RESULTS ARE IN:

digicat

I picked out a few of my nicer looking 7s and 8s to see if any are worthy of a bump.

The two 7s I picked look a little under-graded to me, and compare pretty well to other 8s in my collection.

IMHO, the two 7s should at least get 7.5s (but getting full grade bumps to PSA 8 would not be a shock), and the PSA 8s should all get bumped to 8.5s. I think the 63 Cepeda looks like a good candidate for a PSA 9.

OnlyThe10s

Holy crap. Those are some beauties! May the bumpage gods be with you.

QUIK

Great Cards Good Luck im curious Jeff

Brian48

The '63 Marichal is the only one that might not make it. Looking at just the scan, it appears appropriately graded, but best of luck on all them.

packCollector

great looking cards , I say you get 1 bump, maybe 2.

Morgoth

65- Morgan- No, too much corner wear.
65- Carlton- Yes, looks strong
75- Brett- Yes, only 1 print dot on the whole card that is distracting. perfect centering.
62- McCovey- Maybe, Microtouches on corners may not allow it higher.
63- McCovey- No, this card is razor man but the print dots and centering don't allow it higher IMO.
63- Marichal- No, card looks a little soft on lower left.
63- Cepeda- Yes, centering may keep it back but it is beautiful.

Out of 7 I think you get 3 to 4 bumps.

jdip9

The corners on the 62 McCovey hold it back, but the others all appear to have a shot.

Brick

I would upgrade all except 65 Morgan & 63 McCovey. I don't see any problem with the 63 Marichal, I say you get the "bump".
DISCLAIMER: I am legally blind without corrective lenses and not much better with.
"Bump" or not these are some beautiful cards.

Mickey71

I think all have a legit shot. I think 5 out of 7. Good Luck. Those are what .5's should look like. You might get the bump on all of them.
Mickey71

BobaFett72

no on the Morgan, yes on the rest! Im optimistic!

onefasttalon

WOW! Ya, that George Brett card is junk.... just save your $$ and sell to me for $10. I'll save you the indignity.





.... actually, they ALL look great! I'd say you have a shot on several of them! Best of luck!
Those are the best 7's and 8's I've seen in a while!

hofautos

carlton
62 mccovey
marichal

Kurtman9

Super looking cards!

I predict bumpage on the 65 Morgan, 75 Brett, 63 McCovey, and the 63F Cepeda.

Ladder7

Fritz has one sweet eyebrow!

Bosox1976

I'd say Brett and the 63 McCovey bump. Good luck.

1960toppsguy

all bumps but me personally, I break em out and resubmit, they screwed you once, will they do it twice?

RonBurgundy

Super nice cards! I'd say yes on the last 3 - on the Marichal, only if the upper right corner is strong (tough to tell from the scan).



Ron

Downtown1974

<< <i>I would upgrade all except 65 Morgan & 63 McCovey. I don't see any problem with the 63 Marichal, I say you get the "bump".
DISCLAIMER: I am legally blind without corrective lenses and not much better with.
"Bump" or not these are some beautiful cards. >>



BTW dig, Your scanner really makes the color on those cards look wet. Great scans!!!

psafan

Brett and Cepeda only, save your money

SidePocket

Brett and Marichal. Very possible on the others though. Great cards!

Griffins

Brett and maybe one other, perhaps the Marichal or the '63 Fleer Cepeda.
Think of the .5 as a reverse qualifier for exceptional centering, and realize only about 15-20% of cherry picked cards get bumped (so far), you realize there is often little incentive to resubmit.

digicat

<< <i>Brett and Cepeda only, save your money >>




Too late. The cards are already off to PSA.


They're going in under the 10 day service, so we should see some results by the 19th.

hofautos

>>Griffins wrote...


<< <i>
Think of the .5 as a reverse qualifier for exceptional centering, and realize only about 15-20% of cherry picked cards get bumped (so far), you realize there is often little incentive to resubmit. >>



Where do you get your information?

digicat

Hmm, the cert#'s for each of these cards no longer show up when you do a cert verification on them. I wonder what that means?

WinPitcher

I thought the 63 marichal had the best shot.

Steve

WinPitcher

mm, the cert#'s for each of these cards no longer show up when you do a cert verification on them. I wonder what that means?


I think that happens to all cards that get resubbed. If they bump new certs are made, if they do not the old one gets used again.


Steve

fattymacs

I'd bet on the Morgan, Maricial, and Brett (in that order).

smtjoy

I think only the 62 63 Mccoveys will get the bump

EagleEyeKid

I'd say Morgan, Brett, and Marichal get bumps.
Nice cards overall.

shagrotn77

Brett for sure. Cepeda and Marichal also have a chance. Good luck!

ballfan

Carlton, Brett and 62 McCovey look bumpable to me. 62 Mccovey is a special card for me. It was the last card I bought to complete my first childhood set. Cost me $28.00 at the time.1984? Probably in PSA 7.0-7.5 range. Good luck and let us know what happens.

SportsItUpCards

They all look beautiful, but I think 4 will get the .5 bump. Hopefuly you will get all 8 bumped, but you should definetly expect 4 of them to bumb up!

Giovanni

digicat

I'm pretty jazzed about these results...

Line # Item # Cert # Grade Description Type Country
1 1 60091916 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1962 TOPPS 544 WILLIE McCOVEY Card US
2 1 30755910 MINT 9 1963 FLEER 64 ORLANDO CEPEDA Card US
3 1 50069315 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1963 TOPPS 440 JUAN MARICHAL Card US
4 1 03708384 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1963 TOPPS 490 WILLIE McCOVEY Card US
5 1 31865250 NEAR MINT 7 1965 TOPPS 16 ASTROS ROOKIES J.MORGAN/S.JACKSON Card US
6 1 31794757 NEAR MINT 7 1965 TOPPS 477 CARDINALS ROOKIES F.ACKLEY/S.CARLTON Card US
7 1 30987573 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1975 TOPPS 228 GEORGE BRETT Card US

2 .5 bumps, and 1 full grade bump, booyeah!

I'm interested to see what the notes will say about why the others didn't get bumps. My guess is...

Morgan and Carlton = corners (maybe centering on the Carlton)
63 McCovey = print dots
63 Marichal = centering

SportsItUpCards

Congrats man, pretty nice!

Giovanni

Leiascards

very sweet on the Cepeda bump.

WinPitcher

Interesting.

Steve

detroitfan2

<<I'm interested to see what the notes will say about why the others didn't get bumps. >>

Perhaps I've been in a cave for the past several months but . . . am I to understand that PSA is informing people as to why their card(s) did not receive a higher grade? I thought I read somewhere else that a submitter received feedback on why his cards did not bump.

Thanks,

Tom

P.S. Nice job on the upgrades!!!

Slabbed

How in the world did that 62 Mccovey get a .5 bump with all the white on the tips of the corners showing?

digicat

The 62 McCovey looks like it was just pulled from a pack in 1962, crisp surface, great color, gloss, etc. I guess the grader considered it "high end" for it's grade, which is what I think as well.

I paid a + price for it in the 8 slab last year. I wonder what an 8.5 would pull?

Morgoth

Hey congrats, I did call all three and would of given you the Carlton as well. The overall eye appeal on your 62 McCovey is what sold it probably. Congrats on the whole bump for the Cepeda it is razor.

RonBurgundy

Congrats! Great cards!




Ron

stown

Congrats

ebayaddict

Bump only on the ...............63 Mccovey.

CDsNuts

Wow, you just made an extra $250 on the Cepeda. Good work.

bobbybakeriv

Those are some really really nice cards, no matter what grade!