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itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
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huh?.......i.......what the......oh, nevermind

started out as a GEM MINT+ 10.5, then a 2 grade deduction for centering.

that's my opinion. and i'm sticking to it.

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  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    Hey ... like they say ... an 8 with great centering will get bumped to an 8.5! image
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    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    i might not have considered that Doug.

    but now........

    image

    ..........i guess i should. image
  • JustinsShoeboxJustinsShoebox Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭
    The 8 that I'm selling has similar centering...perhaps I should send it in for a bump. image

    Justin
    Retired - Eddie Mathews Topps Master Registry (100% Complete) Rank 1

    Retired - Eddie Mathews Master Registry Set (96.36%) Rank 1
  • 1960toppsguy1960toppsguy Posts: 1,127 ✭✭
    Why would anyone buy that 8.5, it's terrible looking?
  • mtcardsmtcards Posts: 3,340 ✭✭✭
    I always had thought that a half point grade was a card that held the standards of a particular grade, yet had superior qualities in terms of centering and "eye appeal"

    Another reason selling graded cards is good, but buying them is not
    IT IS ALWAYS CHEAPER TO NOT SELL ON EBAY
  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    The PSA label has good color, registration, and looks very well centered. I'm sure the PSA label collector who bought this will be pleased.
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  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,126 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A new grade has been defined for it.


    PSA 8.5 (OC)
    https://ebay.com/sch/gemint/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
  • bbuckner22bbuckner22 Posts: 1,028 ✭
    image

    Sent this card back looking for a bump. All 4 corners are razor sharp, got denied because of the top to bottom centering. If it was centered as well as the Mathews I may have had a better chance.
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  • firedawg45firedawg45 Posts: 1,251 ✭✭✭
    holy crap. psa is losing it badly.
    # 2 Pete Rose Master Set , also
    collecting 1977 topps baseball in psa 9 and psa 10
  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,251 ✭✭✭
    From what I have seen since the .5 system, PSA has made no sense to me how it determines the .5 added to the grade. Ive seen a lot of others with not so good centering or even eye appeal and have the .5 added to the grade (or maybe subtracted???)
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    i'm surprised no one has evoked the cracked holder/replaced card theory yet.

    but i can't find anything in the scans that would indicate tampering.

    if that Mathews really was eight-fived in the grading room, then i'm astonished.
  • fiveninerfiveniner Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭
    From personal experience with the 59 topps the Mathews is not an easy card even in an 8 considering his star status.Although I would not spend that much on it because of limited funds I do not think the card is overpriced.
    Tony(AN ANGEL WATCHES OVER ME)
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