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The best PSA 6 Nolan Ryan I've ever owned....

corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭
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I normally don't complain about grades that much as I've done really well for the most part and the graders have been pretty good to me, but I think this one is undergraded. It's from the '70 set I bought at the Atlanta show and all of the other stars I sent in got 7's and 8's. The bottom right corner has a little ding but the other 3 are pretty good. The centering is perfect, the surface is perfect, the edges are perfect, and the back is perfect. I've seen worse cards in 8 holders and certainly 7's and 7.5's in worse condition. Thoughts?

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  • ThoseBackPagesThoseBackPages Posts: 4,871 ✭✭
    sure looks like a 7 to me. SO centered. hows the aging on the back look in person?
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  • MantleMarisFordBerraMantleMarisFordBerra Posts: 1,706 ✭✭✭
    I'll give you VCP for it.





    image Just bustin' your chops. Seriously, that's a nice looking card that will certainly bump.
  • corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭


    << <i>sure looks like a 7 to me. SO centered. hows the aging on the back look in person? >>



    not bad at all. Better in fact than most '70's.
  • bkingbking Posts: 3,095 ✭✭
    That LR cost you bigtime. I'd crack, spitseal it, and resub in a heartbeat
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  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    Nolan don't look so pleased about it either, like he wants to give Robin Ventura a knuckle sammich or something.
  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
    I'm at work right now, but I have a PSA 7 Ryan. Your card looks like a 7 to me. I would definitely re-sub it.
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  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    That lower-right ding killed the card's grade. Nice looking card though.
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  • lwehlerslwehlers Posts: 934 ✭✭✭✭✭
    that card looks better then my 6.5 psa card i have. the corner does not look that bad. i have seen seven's look worse then that.
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,438 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I agree - it's a good looking 6.

    Looks like a 7 I have.
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  • RonBurgundyRonBurgundy Posts: 5,491 ✭✭✭
    I'll take it
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  • relaxedrelaxed Posts: 569 ✭
    Seems like it should of least gotten a 6.5
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  • RoarIn84RoarIn84 Posts: 859 ✭✭
    i'd buy it, crack it, and keep or sell it as raw....
  • mknezmknez Posts: 1,992 ✭✭✭
    any spiders or spots?

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  • heritageheritage Posts: 2,662 ✭✭✭
    nice looking Ryan.
  • SOMSOM Posts: 1,555 ✭✭✭
    I'm the lone wolf, but I think it's the centering that did you in. Especially t/b.
  • divecchiadivecchia Posts: 6,688 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's a great looking '70 Ryan...image

    Looks a lot better than a 6 to me also...

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  • frankhardyfrankhardy Posts: 8,143 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That card should be at least a 7, no doubt about it. PSA 7 cards do not have perfect corners. The corners are not perfect, but they definitely look good enough for a 7 to me. Centering on that card is not an issue at all. I've seen worse PSA 9's on centering.

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  • CEOBIDMCCEOBIDMC Posts: 275
    the lower right corner ding is what ails this card.
  • WalterSobchakWalterSobchak Posts: 2,096
    Rutgers got screwed this week worse than you did......


    ....but only by a little.


    Nice card.
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  • twileytwiley Posts: 1,923 ✭


    << <i>the lower right corner ding is what ails this card. >>



    I agree and I also see the bottom left corner has slight ding too. I think the 2 corner dings and the centering L/R is why it is in the holder it is in. The card definitely has great eye appeal. If the scanner is playing tricks and the 2 bottom corners aren't as bad as they appear on the scan. Then I would crack it and resub.
  • corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>the lower right corner ding is what ails this card. >>



    I agree and I also see the bottom left corner has slight ding too. I think the 2 corner dings and the centering L/R is why it is in the holder it is in. The card definitely has great eye appeal. If the scanner is playing tricks and the 2 bottom corners aren't as bad as they appear on the scan. Then I would crack it and resub. >>



    Left to right centering is 50/50. I'm not sure what you're seeing.
  • twileytwiley Posts: 1,923 ✭


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    << <i>the lower right corner ding is what ails this card. >>



    I agree and I also see the bottom left corner has slight ding too. I think the 2 corner dings and the centering L/R is why it is in the holder it is in. The card definitely has great eye appeal. If the scanner is playing tricks and the 2 bottom corners aren't as bad as they appear on the scan. Then I would crack it and resub. >>



    Left to right centering is 50/50. I'm not sure what you're seeing. >>



    That card does not look 50/50 at the L/R border on top. As it gets to the bottom it does look like it becomes 50/50 though. Maybe it's the scan making it appear that way?
  • corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭
    It's tilted just a tad in the holder in the scan.
  • GarabaldiGarabaldi Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭
    That is a really good looking Ryan and it was a tough grade. The centering is very nice and the only flaw is that bottom right corner.
  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭
    Here is a 6


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  • twileytwiley Posts: 1,923 ✭
    I would resub it. It looks more like a 7 then a 6 to me. This whole time I been looking at the card and not the grade. image
  • diamondmandiamondman Posts: 2,020
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    Here are a couple of my PSA 6 disappointments , both had just 1 corner dinged but was enough to drop them to 6's (ouch)
  • twileytwiley Posts: 1,923 ✭
    Think those are disappointing.

    For the life of me I don't know why this got the grade that it did.

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