Pull out your Splinter...

Ladder7

Grader must've been a big Teddy fan. A rare gift, I would have been happy with a VG.

Darin

I had a '55 raw splinter to post, but photobucket changed and I can't resize my scans anymore.

stown

detroitfan2

<<Grader must've been a big Teddy fan. A rare gift, I would have been happy with a VG.>>

Ladder,

In my somewhat limited experience, I have found that probably the top 8 overgraded cards that I have owned are either the first or last card in the given set. I have a PSA 4 #1 Williams from 1954 that is downright ugly (I will post a scan to it when I get a chance). Also own / have owned multiple #210 Snider (last card) and #1 Dusty Rhodes from the 1955 Topps set (all PSA 4, 5, or 6) that are overgraded by at least 1 full grade.

In any case, the #250 Williams from the 1954 set is an awesome card in any condition. The back of that card may be my favorite baseball card back of all-time.

Looking at yours, nothing jumps out at me as being that out-of-line for a PSA 4. The centering isn't great, but every thing else (color, edges, surface) look real nice. Here's a 1954 Mays in PSA 4 (just ended on ebay) that I would say is similar to your splinter (I like your card better):



-Tom

jimq112

I'm hoping for a 4 for mine, and that one gives me some confidence that I might get it

magellan

Here are mine:

Elemenopeo

Can't resist...

Tedw9

Great thread Ladder! But I'm partial to any threads having to do with my favorite player.

I was happy to get this one a couple of weeks ago. A toughie to find without paying through the nose.

Ladder7

9 showing, love that ESCO. great to own that one

Stone193

bluemarlin

<< <i>I'm hoping for a 4 for mine, and that one gives me some confidence that I might get it

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Should pull a 4.5 or 5 easily on that one,Nice card.

Jake

Stone193

<< <i>I'm hoping for a 4 for mine, and that one gives me some confidence that I might get it >>

Good luck Jim - looks good!

Haven't a clue when I picked this up - musta been in the early 90s when I wasn't as picky about centering.



mike

and5zac

Here's my Teddy Ballgame Lou

jimq112

here's another lowgrade ted but still glad to have it

Bigstep

This is a box of matches from 1955. It dosn't say Ted Williams but it's hard to hide that swing and red sox.

Stingray

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<< <i>I'm hoping for a 4 for mine, and that one gives me some confidence that I might get it >>

Good luck Jim - looks good!

Haven't a clue when I picked this up - musta been in the early 90s when I wasn't as picky about centering.



mike >>



That is still one heck of a card!! Great colors!!

packman

Great cards. Here is mine.

redlegs

Eventually I would like to get this into a PSA holder. I think a definite 8.

Phil

gemmintrarities

Two of my favorites:

cardfan07

Currently the only 4 splinters that I own. Would like to cross the 48 to PSA as I think it's a 7 (I've seen 7-9 with worse centering)...maybe someday I'll try it.

My Ted Williams Cards

cardfan07

Maybe the photo is a little clearer for the Leaf.

Buccaneer

Here's mine to represent the 57 set. I think this was the first major star card I got for my set, I had always wanted a Ted Williams card.