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GEM MINT 10 2012 TOPPS CHROME 196 BRYCE HARPER SUPERFRACTOR 1/1
MINT 9 1986 FLEER 57 MICHAEL JORDAN

alas, they are not mine, but for a client of mine
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  • Baez578Baez578 Posts: 967 ✭✭✭
    Nice job on the Jordan. image
  • MBMiller25MBMiller25 Posts: 6,057 ✭✭
    WOW, nicely done. image
  • MeatloafMeatloaf Posts: 1,308


    << <i>GEM MINT 10 2012 TOPPS CHROME 196 BRYCE HARPER SUPERFRACTOR 1/1
    MINT 9 1986 FLEER 57 MICHAEL JORDAN

    alas, they are not mine, but for a client of mine >>



    WOW to both! Please post some high res scans when you get them in! Meatloaf
  • RailsideCardsRailsideCards Posts: 159 ✭✭
    imageimage

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    If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars. J Paul Getty
  • zurbs17zurbs17 Posts: 442
    That write up on the back of the Harper is as corny as the write ups on cards from 40 years ago.
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Interesting to see that Harper in a PSA slab.

    Everything I read suggests BGS owns the shiny market.

    Are other 1/1's finding their way into a PSA slab?

  • maddux69maddux69 Posts: 2,152 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Interesting to see that Harper in a PSA slab.

    Everything I read suggests BGS owns the shiny market.

    Are other 1/1's finding their way into a PSA slab? >>



    I was just thinking the same thing. The sale price differential may be the deciding factor shifting the market share for modern grading towards PSA.
    Jason

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  • sbfinleysbfinley Posts: 357 ✭✭
    Beautiful Harper, and that's coming from someone who collects primarily Pre-War. Will your client be keeping or selling the card?
  • ldfergldferg Posts: 6,745 ✭✭✭
    What's keeping the Jordan from a 10? Nice card (both of them).


    Thanks,

    David (LD_Ferg)



    1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
  • RailsideCardsRailsideCards Posts: 159 ✭✭
    the superfractor is now on eBay 1/1
    If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars. J Paul Getty
  • CarlosDangerCarlosDanger Posts: 47
    What services do you offer?
  • RaulsmasterRaulsmaster Posts: 663 ✭✭

    The surface has to be the only thing holding the Jordan back because everything else looks as good as you can get from what I see
    It never leaves you...
  • LarkinCollectorLarkinCollector Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The surface has to be the only thing holding the Jordan back because everything else looks as good as you can get from what I see >>


    Tiny bit of edge chipping on right in blue?
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  • RailsideCardsRailsideCards Posts: 159 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>The surface has to be the only thing holding the Jordan back because everything else looks as good as you can get from what I see >>


    Tiny bit of edge chipping on right in blue? >>



    there is a very thin and very short yellow line in the red at the top of the card to the left of the basketball, you can barely see it in the scan.
    If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars. J Paul Getty
  • dytch2220dytch2220 Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭
    Congrats on the pops. Sweet superfractor. If it was a Kershaw SF, I'd try to sell a kidney so I could bid - LOL.
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  • sideordertoddsideordertodd Posts: 262 ✭✭
    Is the Jordan for sale?
  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,249 ✭✭✭
    I think you started the Harper too low.
  • vladguerrerovladguerrero Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I think you started the Harper too low. >>



    That was my first thought. Even a start at $0.99 with a reserve would have been much better.
  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,249 ✭✭✭
    I agree Vlad...auction it and let the piranha fight for it.

    If I had the dough, I would make a good offer and put it up for auction myself.
  • CubsKiller99CubsKiller99 Posts: 507


    << <i>What's keeping the Jordan from a 10? Nice card (both of them). >>



    You're joking right?

    The centering on the Jordan is barely meeting the standards for a 9.
    The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was to convince the PSA 10 collector he didn't exist.

    DaveB in St.Louis
  • dytch2220dytch2220 Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>What's keeping the Jordan from a 10? Nice card (both of them). >>



    You're joking right?

    The centering on the Jordan is barely meeting the standards for a 9. >>



    I disagree. If you expand the image and measure the borders, the centering on this card is 50/50 top to bottom and 46/54 left to right. This is within the definition of a PSA 10, 55/45 or better. Technically, a card could be as far off-center as 60/40 if perfect in every other way as a 5% leeway is automatically granted. Doesn't apply here as the OP mentioned they believe the reason for it not getting a 10 is a yellowish mark on the card. I believe that if the card was free of flaws, centering would not have prevented it from being graded a 10.

    Part of the card is hidden under the left rail, making the centering look worse than it is.
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  • CubsKiller99CubsKiller99 Posts: 507
    60-40 is almost never going to get you a 10 grade. And it shouldn't.
    The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was to convince the PSA 10 collector he didn't exist.

    DaveB in St.Louis
  • dytch2220dytch2220 Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭


    << <i>60-40 is almost never going to get you a 10 grade. And it shouldn't. >>



    I agree, it should be difficult to grade a 10 on a 60/40 card. I think a 60/40 is noticeably off-centered to the eye most of the time. However, that point is getting off the topic I wanted to debate with you.



    << <i>The centering on the Jordan is barely meeting the standards for a 9. >>



    Putting it in the context of your comment - this card definitely meets the centering standards of a 9. In fact, it exceeds the top end of centering for a 9 by 6%, enough to place it above the 55/45 standard for a 10.

    I'm not trying to start an argument or anything, I simply didn't think what you said was accurate and here is why:

    Left Border = 18px, Right Border = 21px

    Left/Right Centering
    18 + 21= 39
    (21/39)*100 = 53.84
    (18/39)*100 = 46.15
    =54/46
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  • CubsKiller99CubsKiller99 Posts: 507
    The picture was misleading because part of the card was covered by the holder on the left side
    making the centering at a glance look off.

    That being said -- there is no way the card could be a 10.

    If you can tell at a quick glance that the l/r centering is considerably ess than
    perfect then it's not a 10.

    I for one feel that PSA hands out way too many 10 grades, and often with
    questionable centering.
    The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was to convince the PSA 10 collector he didn't exist.

    DaveB in St.Louis
  • RailsideCardsRailsideCards Posts: 159 ✭✭
    the Bryce Harper superfractor sold for $2950
    If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars. J Paul Getty
  • dytch2220dytch2220 Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭


    << <i>the Bryce Harper superfractor sold for $2950 >>



    Congrats!
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  • CubsKiller99CubsKiller99 Posts: 507
    They are both really nice cards that anyone would be proud to have in their collection.
    The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was to convince the PSA 10 collector he didn't exist.

    DaveB in St.Louis
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