I Must Be Missing Something... 1976 Ryan 7?

DM23HOF

Saw this card on the bay for my Ryan run; looked way better than the assigned grade so pulled the trigger. Gets to the crib, and for the life of me under light and loupe I cannot see why the grade. Gonna put it beside the 53B Mick in my favorite low grade pile!

ThoseBackPages

Looks Fantastic!

you've got me wanting to do this too! LOL

Hallco

I think PSA grades this card really tough, especially more for the dark area of the focal area than the corners and edges. It does look great. I know it doesn't help for registry or value...but this is a great example of the card being nicer than the "technical" grade on the slab!

grote15

High end for the grade, no question. Looks like a solid 8 to me. I foresee Matty cracking this one out in the near future.

ThoseBackPages

is that dugout wall very proved to "snow"?

grote15

<< <i>is that dugout wall very proved to "snow"? >>



I'm guessing that is why it was net graded NM 7, but it still looks good enough for an 8, imo.

Registration is one factor most collectors minimize in favor of centering and corners, but PSA weighs it fairly significantly when assigning the grade.

DM23HOF

Yup, had no prob crushing the VCP avg on this one-- not when I saw the 9s would've cost a couple hundo. This little guy ran me just 44 bucks and to my eye, it beat the tar out of a bunch of 9s I'd passed on, LOL.

itzagoner

yeah, that card has all sorts of differing background flaws, which is why a PSA 9 or 10 costs a small fortune. my old days vending experience with '76 Topps included several Ryans which had what i like to call "fluttering birds" in that background. none earned better than 8.

DM23HOF

Just for comparison...

9 with rugged surface bubble on right side...



9 with rugged PD in text...



9 with rugged snow...