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Which one of these '63 Gibsons is graded correctly?

RonBurgundyRonBurgundy Posts: 5,491 ✭✭✭
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I'm not sure either of them are.


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  • mealewormmealeworm Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭
    That 8 is a gift. The 7 looks pretty good as far as being graded correctly. I would prefer the 7 over the 8 all day long.

    There is tons of white on the corners of both of those cards.

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  • WalterSobchakWalterSobchak Posts: 2,096
    The 7 looks like a 7.5 to me, and the 8 looks like a 7.
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  • lsutigers1973lsutigers1973 Posts: 11,093 ✭
    Which one is for sale?
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,487 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hi Ron

    It looks like the flips were 'flip-flopped'

    Actually - I think the 7 is about right but the 8 is over-graded IMO.
    Mike
  • MBMiller25MBMiller25 Posts: 6,056 ✭✭
    I like that PSA 7, I think the PSA 8 is overgraded.
  • leadoff4leadoff4 Posts: 2,392 ✭
    Are the borders really that much whiter on the 7?
  • PigsPigs Posts: 761
    That's what you call your "higher end" 7 and "lower end " 8 right there. I think PSA hands out half grades only every other day. JMO image
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Top one looks ok to me, the bottom one is sitting in the slab in a messed up way

    and thus makes the card appear more poorly than it may be.


    The top one has the 2 bottom corners missing some ink from light wear.

    Steve
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  • RonBurgundyRonBurgundy Posts: 5,491 ✭✭✭
    With the cards in front of me, the biggest issue with the 8 is the upper right corner. Bottom corner wear on both cards is nearly identical.
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  • drewsefdrewsef Posts: 1,894 ✭✭
    There would be no need to buy PSA 8's if every 7 looked like that, I like them both as 7.5, with the card currently in the 7 holder being just a tad better than the card in the 8 holder.
  • divecchiadivecchia Posts: 6,688 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Like the others I think the 7 is the better looking card. I think it could be worthy of a 7.5. The 8 looks like it should be a 7.

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  • SportsamericaSportsamerica Posts: 990 ✭✭
    Unless it is the scan, the 8 looks "brighter" then the 7.. While I don't think the 8 is an 8 too much chipping
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  • Mickey71Mickey71 Posts: 4,261 ✭✭✭✭
    I think the 7 is an 8 and the 8 a 7.5. They grade those bad boys (1963s) tough. Like 55 Bowmans.

    Nice Gibby's Ron.
  • 1960toppsguy1960toppsguy Posts: 1,127 ✭✭
    best looking 7 you will ever find, should be an 8; worse looking 8 you will find, should be a 7 . . . pretty much the consensus it seems.
  • 1960toppsguy1960toppsguy Posts: 1,127 ✭✭
    after further review, the top right corner on the 8 should put it in a 6.5 holder
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