How about a good old fashion Guess The Grade Contest of a good old fashion baseball card???

dizzyfoxx

Guess the grade and explain your reason. After a while, I'll put those who had the correct answer each on a slip of paper and draw one from a hat. The winner will receive a cool vintage baseball artifact.

Hint: It is graded with no qualifiers.

What say you?

JustinsShoebox

6 due to some PD and aging.

Nice card!

TheMick6

Trimmed, graded authentic

Dboneesq

I'll also go with a "6", although I think it presents better. I say that bottom right corner and the vertical print line at the top of the card kept it from grading higher.

begsu1013

are those scratches on the card or case and/or surface wrinkles on the front?

and yes, maybe slightly trimmed on the bottom?

charrigan

4

lawnmowerman

5

handyman

6

msassin

'7'.....although it would not look out of place in an '8' holder

dennis07

I'll say 4. For no other reason than it just feels right with the issues I see--Lower right corner, not sure what the white is above his right shoulder is, some sort of line or scratch
over left shoulder, a few print defects and some aging. Great looking card. I'm an not an expert and usually I'm too critical. I respect the members with the 2 opinions of 6 already given and
they are probably right on.

begsu1013

gonna go w/ authentic trimmed due to the fact that there's a lot of space between the card holders inside the case, especially from the top of the card to the upper inside card holder.

itzagoner

MINT 9

JustinsShoebox

<< <i>I'll also go with a "6", although I think it presents better. I say that bottom right corner and the vertical print line at the top of the card kept it from grading higher. >>



Doug makes a good point about the corner. This is the reason it is probably not a 7. Card presents well nonetheless.

Justin

vintageinvestments

It is either auth or an 8

jfkheat

I say it's a 6 because of the print lines. Otherwise I think it would be an 8.5 or 9 .
James

MrNearMint

Gonna say 7. Surface looks like it's got some print lines and even a stain or discoloring in top right corner.

initialD

Definitely a 9, even with the lower right corner

saucywombat

6 - pretty well centered but has a surface scratch and lower right corner isn't that sharp.

BunchOBull

That scratch is really the only thing keeping it from being a NM-MT card. It's tempting to go with a half-grade, but I'll decline and say EX-MT 6.

Stingray

Bottom right corner and surface keeps it at a 5.5.

EagleEyeKid

6.6777. I'm drunk in vegas. I don't care

itzagoner

lbcoach20

I'll say 7 with print line, lower right corner and slight toning. Although it looks like an 8!😃

Piggs

7

LarkinCollector

7.5, all the defects shown in the blown up scan would be barely noticeable in hand.

dennis07

The anticipation is killing me!

augustaman

I'd grade it a PSA NM 7

1954

3- it is too nice to get a correct grade

Stingray

begsu1013

nice.

charrigan

Littletweed

Guess the grade and explain your reason

PSA 6

Because I know when this card was sold, who sold it, how much it was sold for

BruceinGa

Also say 6 because of the lower right corner.

begsu1013

flip does say 6. proby on 10/28. still say psa "a". a lil room in that holder.

mlbfan2

<< <i>PSA 6

Because I know when this card was sold, who sold it, how much it was sold for >>



^^^ What he said. ^^^

fiveniner

Authentic

dizzyfoxx

Here's a little story:

Back in 1999 at the Labor Day show in San Francisco, I bought an M116 Sporting Life Walter Johnson in a PSA 8 holder. I felt it was worthy of a higher grade so I turned it in to the PSA booth for review at the show where they were taking on-site submissions. When I went back the next day to pick up my card, it was now in a MINT 9 holder. Needless to say I catapulted to the moon in excitement. I'm sharing this story because it felt very similar a short while ago when this card arrived. I first viewed it with the naked eye (fully clothed of course ). Then I looped it throughout with a 5x loop. Three of the four corners are dead MINT! The lower right corner is NM+ at worse case in my humble opinion. The fact that the centering is dead on and the color is rich, I personally grade this card a 7.5 on a bad day and an 8 on a better day. I've owned T206's and M116's in 8's that were not as nice and complete as this card. The print lines in the super-sized image are grossly exaggerated and don't give me a second of grief. I no longer have the Walter Johnson card but this Eddie Plank card brought back some fun memories from 15 years ago when I had that Bigtrain 9.

My Plank card is currently residing in a PSA 6 holder.

I'll be doing a hat draw later in the week, and thanks for all the guesses!

Dboneesq

Dizzy,

I hope you get a nice BUMP if you send it in. BTW ... the same answer you got from Littletweed:
PSA 6 - Because I know when this card was sold, who sold it, how much it was sold for.

That pertains to me as well. I didn't want to say anything about the grade until you revealed it. Therefore, take my name out of the hat for the drawing. GOOD LUCK to everyone!