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October Pickup: '52 George Crowe High Number

Brianruns10Brianruns10 Posts: 227 ✭✭
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I'm really, really proud of this one, for my '52 set. Paid a fair bit over SMR for it, but totally worth it. I don't know WHAT PSA was thinking...perfect, original colors, sharp corners, dead centered, no gum stains, and not a hint of creasing. The picture doesn't show it, but the gloss is outstanding. It utterly mystifies me they graded it a 6...I've got 7.5s that aren't this good. I'll probably crack and resubmit, once I have a few more worth sending in. I think it'll get at least a 7. Just goes to show, buy the card, not the plastic!

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  • jamesryanbelljamesryanbell Posts: 1,108 ✭✭✭
    That looks more like a 7 than a 6 to me. Very nice card.
    -- Ryan Bell
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    AWESOME looking card. Love the centering on that HI #. Based on the scan, looks like the two right corners may have kept it out of a "7" slab. Could just be the scan though. CONGRATS!
    STAY HEALTHY!

    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.
  • mlbfan2mlbfan2 Posts: 3,115 ✭✭✭


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    Nice card, but it reminds me of this. link
  • PlanemonkeyPlanemonkey Posts: 543 ✭✭
    Looks like a bump on the left border, not sure how that would effect the grade.
  • calaban7calaban7 Posts: 3,013 ✭✭✭
    Nice pickup !!!image----- Sonny
    " In a time of universal deceit , telling the truth is a revolutionary act " --- George Orwell
  • Brianruns10Brianruns10 Posts: 227 ✭✭
    The initial scans really don't give the best sense of the corners. Hopefully these will be more informative. I'd love your opinions:

    Upper Left Corner:

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    Upper Right:

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    Lower Right:

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    Lower Left:

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  • YogiBerraFanYogiBerraFan Posts: 2,390 ✭✭
    Very nice card! Should be a 6.5
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    Brian ... thanks for the larger photos. Now I definitely say that it would be real hard to get that card in a "7" holder with those corners. HOWEVER, it presents real well. Congrats again.
    STAY HEALTHY!

    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.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,746 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Definitely worth a shot at a 7. 6.5 at the very least.


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • tsalems1tsalems1 Posts: 3,458 ✭✭✭✭
    Maybe its just the scan but doesnt it look like the PSA logo is digging into the card on the bottom right?
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  • Brianruns10Brianruns10 Posts: 227 ✭✭


    << <i>Maybe its just the scan but doesnt it look like the PSA logo is digging into the card on the bottom right? >>



    Ha! I noticed that too. Just an optical illusion, since the logo is on the outside of the case.
  • PiggsPiggs Posts: 1,938 ✭✭✭✭
    A centered high number '52 is a great thing. Nice card and congrats.
  • Brianruns10Brianruns10 Posts: 227 ✭✭


    << <i>A centered high number '52 is a great thing. Nice card and congrats. >>



    You know? I'll take a centered PSA 5 or 6 over an off center 7 or 8 ANY DAY. They're the most important part of a card, and honestly, I wish the graders would bother to designate as such. There really needs to be some kind of the assessment of the population of centered cards, to better judged valuation. I mean, I literally have yet to see a centered '52 Topps Berra come up on ebay, and I'd be fascinated to know what the population would be.
  • PiggsPiggs Posts: 1,938 ✭✭✭✭
    Collectors of the '52 set know which cards are hard to find centered, and when one of those comes up at auction that is centered the price spikes for sure. My Berra isn't centered either by the way. image
  • jeff8877jeff8877 Posts: 1,164 ✭✭✭
    Nice card Brian...sounds like you have some nice 52s. Is your set on the registry?

    Jeff
  • Mickey71Mickey71 Posts: 4,259 ✭✭✭✭
    Folks..............those scans of the corners are quite magnified. That's a 7 all day long. Great eye appeal. Take another good look at it and crack it out.
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