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Should this 1980 OPC Gretzky be a PSA 10 w/ this centering?

MULLINS5MULLINS5 Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭
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PSA is (supposed) to be tough on this card. I don't like the centering. I think it's a beautiful card, and a 9, but not a 10.

Technically, does the centering follow the guidelines for a 10?

1980 OPC Gretzky PSA 10

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  • stormtrooper80stormtrooper80 Posts: 317
    Looks ok to me. What does your fiance think?
  • sportscardtheorysportscardtheory Posts: 1,786 ✭✭✭
    The fact that the OPC fray is on the shorter side makes it okay, IMO. Great eye appeal on that card.
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  • MULLINS5MULLINS5 Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The fact that the OPC fray is on the shorter side makes it okay, IMO. Great eye appeal on that card. >>



    I was thinking the same.

    Not the 10 I'd like to buy though.
  • DavisDavis Posts: 705 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>The fact that the OPC fray is on the shorter side makes it okay, IMO. Great eye appeal on that card. >>



    I was thinking the same.

    Not the 10 I'd like to buy though. >>


    I'm with you. I'd pass if I was looking for this in a 10. Sweet card, however this is not a PSA 10 I would have desire acquiring.
  • JWBlueJWBlue Posts: 489 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The fact that the OPC fray is on the shorter side makes it okay, IMO. Great eye appeal on that card. >>



    Does PSA not take into consider fraying on other cards?

  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>The fact that the OPC fray is on the shorter side makes it okay, IMO. Great eye appeal on that card. >>



    Does PSA not take into consider fraying on other cards? >>



    They do not downgrade, if that is what you are asking. Expected on most OPC cards.
  • Gball16Gball16 Posts: 100
    Looks like a 10.
  • clarke442clarke442 Posts: 611 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't know if it just the scan, but it also looks like there is an indentation below the "E" in Oilers.
    Even with the "O-Pee-Chee" cut it still looks just slightly Off-Center to me, for a 10.
    Still an awesome looking card, maybe not the best example of a 10, but still nice.
    If it was a card I was chasing, it might be a tough call of the famous "Buy the card-Not the holder" theory.

    ps Love having Hockey Cards to talk about
  • RaulsmasterRaulsmaster Posts: 663 ✭✭
    The Roy rookie 10 that he has from the same batch is even worse if you ask me
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  • DavisDavis Posts: 705 ✭✭
    The seller has some real gems in there. But scrolling through the list, there are some glaring overgraded cards (in my opinion). The Yzerman RC 10 isn't printed well, there's something on his face, and I've seen better centering on 9s. The Marcel Dionne RC is way off-center for a straight 9. Lots of other really fine cards in there though.

    It does make me a little curious when I see all 4 grading companies (PSA, BGS, SGC, and KSA) widely dispersed in his sales.
  • habs007habs007 Posts: 130 ✭✭✭
    sweet OPC rough cut... nice card !
  • 19541954 Posts: 2,905 ✭✭✭
    that is a pretty nice card IMO. The card has great eye appeal and the rough cut is so nice on that card. Just enough to not detract from the cards beauty.
    Looking for high grade rookie cards and unopened boxes/cases
  • FrozencaribouFrozencaribou Posts: 1,091 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is a ten.

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  • DavisDavis Posts: 705 ✭✭


    << <i>This is a ten.
    >>


    +1. The one you posted has much better centering and no ugly print dot on the hockey puck with Gretzky's name.
  • charrigancharrigan Posts: 2,293
    Yes, that is. !
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