1969 Nabisco Team Flakes Hand-Cut

charliehustle14

Hi guys,

I hope everyone is having a great Memorial Day weekend. I wondered if I could get some opinions on these '69 Nabisco Team Flakes cards. I've got pretty close to a full set of the wide bordered variety and several of the slimmer border ones as well. I've considered submitting these to PSA, but know that they like to see the broken lines on all borders for hand-cut cards of this type. The condition and cut on the cards pictured is pretty much consistent with the rest of the ones I have. There are no creases, stains, or other significant defects on any of these. Am I likely to see a grade of 6 or above on most of these, or due to lack of the dotted lines on some, will I get an "Authentic" designation? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

I've had these cards for over 25 years and just thought it would be cool to get them holdered so they would fit in better with the rest of my collection.

Thanks,

Todd

Elemenopeo

Don't know how they'd grade, but those are very cool cards. Thanks for sharing.

CDsNuts

I don't think they would garner anything more than AUTHENTIC. I'd keep them raw and enjoy them.

PoppaJ

Hi Todd,

I've sent a few Mantle dotted-line hand-cuts to PSA and overall have been very pleased with the grades given.

Generally, I have found that if a card is missing the entire dotted-line border, you will only get an "authentic" grade at best!

However, if a card shows all four sides containing the dotted-lines, with only a small section missing them, the card will be granted a number grade.

Corner wear has to be extremely minimal if you're looking for 7s or better!

Your Aaron, Clemente, Gibson, B. Robinson and possibly your Marichal should all receive a number grade.

You might want to call PSA and ask to speak to one of the vintage graders for more input.

Great looking cards!

Good luck and thanks for sharing,
PoppaJ

charliehustle14

Thanks for the input guys. PoppaJ, that's a great idea about calling PSA and asking to speak to one of the vintage graders. I didn't even know graders took calls. I'll give that a shot.

Todd