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Newest Pickup 1955 Bowman Aaron. How is this not a PSA 6.5?

CounselorCounselor Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭
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Bought from Kurtz Cards. He had on ebay and sold to me off ebay using Paypal Gift and gave a nice discount.

Great Transaction by the way. Very happy with card and can't figure out why its not a 6.5!!

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eBay https://www.ebay.com/sch/coastalsportscards1/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

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  • PiggsPiggs Posts: 1,938 ✭✭✭✭
    Love the colors in that card. Congrats
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    Looks real nice and I agree with you ... depending on one thing. What is going on with the right border, just below the word "right", on the reverse?
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  • CounselorCounselor Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭
    Thanks Doug. I noticed that too before I bought it. Actually looks like a loose piece of debris. I can tell it is not damage to the card.
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  • MiniDuffMiniDuff Posts: 1,241 ✭✭✭
    Beautiful card. Congrats!
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  • MauriceMaurice Posts: 1,136
    That is a beautiful card. Graded accurately due to the upper right corner (as pictured) but extremely high end as everything else about the card appears rock solid and at least NM-MT.
  • TheMick6TheMick6 Posts: 582
    That's a great candidate for a bump in my opinion. Great color, centered right sharp all over but one corner. Looks extremely close to an 8 I have. Either way that year is tough and that Aaron's a beauty.
  • BrickBrick Posts: 4,995 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If the grade does not fit, you must resubmit.
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  • UnwoundSageUnwoundSage Posts: 496
    Looks like a strong 5 to me.
  • cardbendercardbender Posts: 1,831 ✭✭
    Really a sharp card. The front looks NM+, back upper left corner looks kind of weak.
    I bet that lowered the overall grade. Your card's front actually looks better than many 8's out there
    of the same card. I'd be very happy with that buy.
  • ReggieClevelandReggieCleveland Posts: 3,818 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Looks like a strong 5 to me. >>



    You remind me of that time when I was a kid and got poison ivy on my knob.
  • 76collector76collector Posts: 986 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I won't get into the grading debate, as my eye's aren't that sharp, but imo you got a great card. Congrats.
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  • JoeBanzaiJoeBanzai Posts: 11,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
    PSA has been accused of being inconsistent with grades. When it comes to the half grade I am not sure all the graders are even aware of it. I have always bought well centered cards. My submissions sometimes come back with no half grades at all. I thought that was one of the big reasons they added the .5 to reward cards that were at the high end of the grade, especially if well centered.

    Crack it out and send it in, but remember the word "inconsistent". I agree with most here card is undergraded, but I am not real familiar on how they deal with 55 Bowmans. They are INCREDIBLY hard on the 62 Topps as far as I am concerned. Actually seems to me that they are tougher on all the dark bordered years.

    Good luck if you send it in!
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  • bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭
    To be honest with you, with all that black stuff going on in the left hand border, I am surprised it didn't get the (PD) qualifier. Like others, I love the corners and the front, but with what is going on in the left hand border, I would probably leave well enough alone.
  • tkd7tkd7 Posts: 1,799 ✭✭
    Really nice card, and the PSA half grades are really a mystery so it is hard to say what makes a 6.5 vs. a 6.
  • judgebuckjudgebuck Posts: 1,006 ✭✭✭
    Very nice! But, with the one corner and the border thing, I would not resubmit.

    Always looking for Mantle cards such as Stahl Meyer, 1954 Dan Dee, 1959 Bazooka, 1960 Post, 1952 Star Cal Decal, 1952 Tip Top Bread Labels, 1953-54 Briggs Meat, and other Topps, Bowman, and oddball Mantles.

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