Opinion on grades for these 1980 topps baseball

cjaccardi

Never submitted to PSA before so still trying to learn

any opinion if any of these have a chance ?

JoeBanzai

Centering looks good, hard to tell about the corners with the scans, but they look pretty good as well, I also don't see many print defects.

Check the surfaces using a bright light (or sunlight) for creases or wrinkles. I would also check each corner under magnification and see if they are NM/MT or if there is some surface loss.

Looks like they could grade (no creases or wrinkled cards) from a 7 on up.

Good luck if you submit them, keep us posted on the grades and if you notice any other defects. Creasing/wrinkling will drop the grade down to a 4-5 at best.

cjaccardi

the corners are sharp and I do not see any wrinkles or creases.

I am trying to see if any have a chance of 10

tkd7

Getting a 10 from PSA is a crap shoot at best.

You may want to pull up some 1980 PSA 10 scans from ebay or the registry and check the centering against your cards to see if there are any that won't cut it.

Right off the bat the Clancy looks a bit O/C to be a 10.

Raulsmaster

Kaat & Hume look like 10's. Other than that would be lucky IMO

Gemyanks10

That Tom Hume looks great. There are no 10's with that one yet either I would sub if if you are planning on selling. Any Hume i've ever pulled raw was very off center and out of focus. That Ted Simmons looks good too is that a little bit of a edge scratch or something halfway down on the left side? Overall nice cards i like the Eckersley too. I've noticed from my own personal experience that graders seem to be very rough
On the Ozzie Smith card. Ive sent what i thought was perfectly centered sharp ozzies and got back an 8 and a 9 my first time around.
The Rick Reushel has no 10's either if its very sharp and you can't find anything wrong with it i'd sub that one too. You never know.

Jimmy

Nikklos

Agree on the Hume and Eck. I don't know, Reuschel looks a little low.

cjaccardi

i thought a few of these cards good looked good


how can you have a perfect centered smith with sharp corners and get an 8 ?