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is this even possible if the card's legit?

WalterSobchakWalterSobchak Posts: 2,096
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If it's a PSA card graded in the .5 era, the number is always going to be underneath the grade designation, right?

So what's the deal here? Seller certainly appears good........





'Sir, I realize it's been difficult for you to sleep at night without your EX/MT 1977 Topps Tom Seaver, but I swear to you that you'll get it safe and sound.'
-CDs Nuts, 1/20/14

*1956 Topps baseball- 97.4% complete, 7.24 GPA
*Clemente basic set: 85.0% complete, 7.89 GPA

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  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,586 ✭✭✭✭✭
    IIRC when PSA was experimenting with the .5s they reached out to some collectors for sharp examples and that is how the first few .5s were added to the flips.
  • Carew29Carew29 Posts: 4,025 ✭✭

    Looking at the # looks like this might have been a 1 card sub under that $50 level? 20 footballs behind and T206'S in front


    Cert Year Brand Player Variety Grade
    2042434 1952 BOWMAN LARGE FRANK ZIEGLER N/A 7
    2042435 1952 BOWMAN LARGE FRED WILLIAMS N/A 8
    2042436 1952 BOWMAN LARGE JIMMY PHELAN N/A 8
    2042437 1952 BOWMAN LARGE CHET OSTROWSKI N/A 6
    2042438 1952 BOWMAN LARGE LEO NOMELLINI N/A 8
    2042439 1952 BOWMAN LARGE CHUCK ULRICH N/A 8
    2042440 2005 ST.LOUIS CARDINALS NATIONALS-3, CARDINALS-2 MAY 29, HERNANDEZ-CARPENTER N0
    2042441 1952 BOWMAN LARGE JERRY SHIPKEY N/A 9
    2042442 1909 - 191 T206 SOVEREIGN WALTER JOHNSON PORTRAIT 5
    2042443
    2042444 1956 TOPPS SANDY KOUFAX WHITE BACK 8.5 -------------------------------------------------Card doesn't fit submission
    2042445 1909 - 191 T206 SWEET CAPORAL MILLER HUGGINS PORTRAIT 4
    2042446 1909 - 191 T206 SWEET CAPORAL FRED JACKLITSCH N/A 3
    2042447 1909 - 191 T206 SWEET CAPORAL JIMMY JACKSON N/A 4
    2042448 1909 - 191 T206 SWEET CAPORAL HUGHIE JENNINGS ONE HAND SHOWING 5
    2042449 1909 - 191 T206 SWEET CAPORAL FIELDER JONES CHI., HANDS AT HIPS 2
    2042450 1909 - 191 T206 SWEET CAPORAL FIELDER JONES CHI., PORTRAIT 3
    2042451 1909 - 191 T206 SWEET CAPORAL DAVY JONES DETROIT 4
    2042452 1909 - 191 T206 SWEET CAPORAL TIM JORDAN BROOKLYN, BATTING 2
    2042453 1909 - 191 T206 SWEET CAPORAL ADDIE JOSS PITCHING 4
    2042454 1909 - 191 T206 SWEET CAPORAL ADDIE JOSS PORTRAIT 3



    Total Cards: 21 Graded: 20 Percent: 95.2
  • WalterSobchakWalterSobchak Posts: 2,096


    << <i>IIRC when PSA was experimenting with the .5s they reached out to some collectors for sharp examples and that is how the first few .5s were added to the flips. >>



    If that's the case, that would certainly explain it. Everything else I could see about this auction looked perfectly fine, but I had never seen or heard of that before! Thanks.

    Edited to add: Not that a card like this one is in my league anyway. image
    'Sir, I realize it's been difficult for you to sleep at night without your EX/MT 1977 Topps Tom Seaver, but I swear to you that you'll get it safe and sound.'
    -CDs Nuts, 1/20/14

    *1956 Topps baseball- 97.4% complete, 7.24 GPA
    *Clemente basic set: 85.0% complete, 7.89 GPA
  • OckhamsRazorOckhamsRazor Posts: 207 ✭✭
    VCP for that cert# 02042444:

    7/28/10 eBay Auction | Image millfam36 _***c 17 $940.00
    3/4/08 eBay Image sunsurfandsand millfam36 20 $1,556.00
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    This is known as “bad luck.”
  • hammeredhammered Posts: 2,671 ✭✭✭
    Yeah for a brief time after the move to half grades PSA put it all on the same line, maybe only for a couple months
    I think the rationale for the change to 2 lines was so buyers could tell which cards (old labels) are theoretically better candidates for bumps
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