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Grade/VCP Help on a 1975 Topps Nolan Ryan (scans) **back from PSA, on ebay now**

jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,950 ✭✭✭✭
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I'm helping a friend sell his small collection, and I came across this Ryan. He was a Ryan collector, but has nothing older than 1974.

I feel this Ryan has a nice chance at an 8 or even an outside chance of a 9. What do you think? That top-right corner looks strange in the scan, but it looks sharp and clean in person. I've seen MUCH worse 8's.

Can I get a VCP on a PSA 7, 8, and 9? Thanks! image

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  • lsutigers1973lsutigers1973 Posts: 11,093 ✭
    PSA 7 average is $30.52
    PSA 8 average is $100.36

    Don't think it has a chance at a 9 but if it does, the last 9 on VCP was a year ago for $2250.
  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,950 ✭✭✭✭
    Thanks Bill... it's worth a shot! image
  • twileytwiley Posts: 1,923 ✭
    IMHO its a 6 or a 7 (I hope I am wrong and you get 8 or better). The bottom right corner appears to have an issue or maybe its just the scan. The top right corner looks a little soft and slightly rounded as well. Again maybe its just the scan giving an optical illusion. Either way though it is a sweet card! The centering is wicked sweet!

  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,950 ✭✭✭✭
    I should have scanned it with the lid open... I guess we'll see! It's box up and ready to ship to Newport Beach! image
  • lbcoach20lbcoach20 Posts: 883 ✭✭✭
    I gotta think 7 or 8. Hopefully with that awesome centering it gets the 8! Good luck.
  • olb31olb31 Posts: 3,692 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have an 8 with worse corners. Unless it's miscut or trimmed, I would say you have an 8 with a chance for an 8.5.
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  • bigjacobigjaco Posts: 605
    right edge, spot under the "E", top right corner, and near right white board print mark.

    psa 7.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The print dots on that card are negligible...I've seen giant fisheyes on PSA 9s from 1975...but I think you're best shot is an 8 on that corner due to slightly soft corners...and the Ryan card is graded tougher, IMO, than a common, and that makes getting a 9 even tougher to begin with.

    Edit: Centering on that card (front and back) is as good as it gets!


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  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,950 ✭✭✭✭
    Yeah, my money is on an 8 also. Can't deny that centering though... so pretty. image
  • frankhardyfrankhardy Posts: 8,168 ✭✭✭✭✭
    60% chance PSA 8

    40% chance PSA 7


    If the scan had a dark background, we could tell more about it.

    Shane

  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,950 ✭✭✭✭
    Well there you have it. I'll take it! image

    1 1 17443893 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 TOPPS 500 NOLAN RYAN Card US
  • bobbybakerivbobbybakeriv Posts: 2,186 ✭✭✭✭
    Very nice. image
  • pdub1819pdub1819 Posts: 1,988 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Well there you have it. I'll take it! image

    1 1 17443893 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 TOPPS 500 NOLAN RYAN Card US >>



    Are you going to post a scan when you get it in hand?

    https://www.psacard.com/psasetregistry/pdub1819/othersets/6204

  • PigsPigs Posts: 761
    Nice job on the results. Don't see centering like that on that card very often. I would think that card would get more that $100 IMO.
  • msassinmsassin Posts: 1,564 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Well there you have it. I'll take it! image

    1 1 17443893 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 TOPPS 500 NOLAN RYAN Card US >>



    Vey nice.
  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,950 ✭✭✭✭
    I will post a scan of it when I get it back, with a BLACK background this time. Thanks guys! image
  • billwaltonsbeardbillwaltonsbeard Posts: 3,748 ✭✭✭✭
    Very nice. One of my all time favorite cards.
    My cards on COMC
  • artistlostartistlost Posts: 2,242 ✭✭✭
    Man do I love that card. Congrats
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  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,950 ✭✭✭✭
    I received the card from PSA, and it's now on ebay. image

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  • WalterSobchakWalterSobchak Posts: 2,096
    Holy image!!!! I put in a "I need to make absolutely sure I win this card" bid...... and not only didn't I win, I wasn't remotely close!

    Congratulations on demolishing the VCP high!

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  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,950 ✭✭✭✭
    Yeah, I nearly peed when I saw that... lol. My friend who I'm selling it for is pretty happy too! I ended up buying his entire childhood collection for $80 (trust me, it wasn't even worth that), with the exception of this card. I told him that this card was insane, and I needed to send it away to be graded. I explained to him that I could make him an offer on it, but as a friend, it wouldn't be fair. I might have offered him $30 for it raw. I explained to him the whole grading process, and that the difference between a 7, 8, and 9 are so wide. We made a deal that I would have it graded, sell it on ebay, and split the after-fee profit 50/50. Nice results for both of us! Thanks for the boost! image
  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,173 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I just looked at ebay's completed auctions, and two 1975 topps PSA 8s sold two days ago for $87 and $96.

    You did well!!! image

    Steve
  • leathtechleathtech Posts: 3,191 ✭
    always nice to set the high end for sales on ebay... Nice work.

    I think you would have made more if you would have listed the card the following way with a crazy BIN:

    "1975 Topps #500 Nolan Ryan PSA 8...Low PSA 10's Only 36 Better!!"
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