I'm with Bob -- beautiful card. slight tilt does not bother me, and I did not notice the t/b centering the first few times I looked. Strong colors and apparently great color
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Sweet looking card. The .5 bump was probably for the color and the snow white borders. A 51 year old piece of cardboard seeimgly untouched by the passage of time is a thing of beauty!
2) I'm not sure if I overpaid for it, but probably did. Anytime you win an auction like this you are, by definition, the craziest bidder in the lot. No one wins by bidding the average price.
3) I have been looking for a Frank Robinson with great color and clarity like this for years.
The centering/tilt issues are minor, but there, and I would rather have bought this in an 8 holder. If it had been, I think I still would have gone for it.
Just had to share with people who would understand the risks, joys, and foolishness of it.
There is no way that is 52/48 LR centering. The bottom L/R is the largest margin with the card having a slight tilt, so what is the L/R at that point? I wouldn't have bid due to centering and the .5 hype, but if you are happy with the card thats all that matters.
That is one nice card!!! The color, corners, and white borders are blazing !!!! It's one of the hardest 57's to find in 8 and above. Most 8's are not all that nice...and premium examples go for top bucks. I have no problem with the grade. Slight oc but not worthy of a qualifier. Congrats on a nice pu
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Nice pickup. The color and white borders are fantastic. Corners look great too. Since we're showing off recent Frank Robinson purchases, here's mine :
"My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When we were insolent we were placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really."
Your paying for the pristing nature of that card and its wonderful registration and color. You have to remember that most people only care about centering and they would rather have dull, no color, off focus, cards with corner dings over pristine off center cards.
To me it would have been better in a 8 holder but it "looks" better than most 8s san centering.
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This may be heresy but I would actually prefer shagrotn77's 8 to the 8.5. The centering is well nigh perfect which is the usual defect with that card and ... well ... it LOOKS more like a 1957 card. The 8.5 looks a bit TOO good in its color, a bit synthetic.
Easy for me to talk ... I'll never own either
Jonathan
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I respectfully dissagree with mr mongroth...many people would pay a premium for a high end card. Andy...yours is a screamer also. But then we know your eye is one of the very best and most of your collection is high end.
I would show you all my 57 F Robinson..but I don't have one. Yes I'm jealous.
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Beautiful card!! Incredible color, nicely registered, no print dots, sharp corners. Is that your card?
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2) I'm not sure if I overpaid for it, but probably did. Anytime you win an auction like this you are, by definition, the craziest bidder in the lot. No one wins by bidding the average price.
3) I have been looking for a Frank Robinson with great color and clarity like this for years.
The centering/tilt issues are minor, but there, and I would rather have bought this in an 8 holder. If it had been, I think I still would have gone for it.
Just had to share with people who would understand the risks, joys, and foolishness of it.
Dave
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Hank Aaron Basic PSA 7-8(75%)
The color, corners, and white borders are blazing !!!!
It's one of the hardest 57's to find in 8 and above. Most 8's are not all that nice...and premium examples go for top bucks.
I have no problem with the grade. Slight oc but not worthy of a qualifier.
Congrats on a nice pu
1948-76 Topps FB Sets
FB & BB HOF Player sets
1948-1993 NY Yankee Team Sets
Congrats on the pickup.
Steve
To me it would have been better in a 8 holder but it "looks" better than most 8s san centering.
Easy for me to talk ... I'll never own either
Jonathan
Topps Baseball 1967
Mike Payne's 300 Great Cards
MVPs in their MVP years
and T206???
But then we know your eye is one of the very best and most of your collection is high end.
I would show you all my 57 F Robinson..but I don't have one. Yes I'm jealous.
1948-76 Topps FB Sets
FB & BB HOF Player sets
1948-1993 NY Yankee Team Sets