Cards you would be happy to own in a PSA 5 holder?

wrighty · January 4, 2015 7:38AM

Everyone seems to be searching for the elusive Psa 10 by opening packs and cracking out cards but almost all of us I assume will never own a Psa 10 mantle, Clemente, Aaron, etc. a lot of people on the boards can own a higher dollar card in Psa 8 or 9 but what card would you be happy to own in a psa 5 holder? I'll start with the following two cards:

1963 Pete Rose rookie perfectly centered
1965 joe Namath rookie

wrestlingcardking · January 4, 2015 7:39AM

PaulMaul · January 4, 2015 8:05AM

Honestly, nothing. I realized a long time ago that I'd rather not own a card than own it in condition that doesn't satisfy me.

DM23HOF · January 4, 2015 8:08AM

Almost my entire collection! Many classics, from a CJ Shoeless to a D304 Cobb to a Gehrig RC, I'm just happy to have in 2s or 3s; others, like a Ruth Rookie, I'll take a 1, LOL-- as long as I can find centering and an unblemished, focused image, with century old cards especially I am very tolerant of corners. If we're talking newer stuff like 70s and up, different story, as even beautiful 8s are often quite affordable. Also, a 5 on the sticker of your eventual Rose and Namath will wind up mattering little if the cards looks better than most 6s

firstbase23 · January 4, 2015 8:54AM

1948 Leo Nomellini

Matt

bobbyw8469 · January 4, 2015 8:58AM

1952 Topps Mantle #311

dytch2220 · January 4, 2015 9:30AM

<< Almost my entire collection! Many classics, from a CJ Shoeless to a D304 Cobb to a Gehrig RC, I'm just happy to have in 2s or 3s; others, like a Ruth Rookie, I'll take a 1, LOL-- as long as I can find centering and an unblemished, focused image, with century old cards especially I am very tolerant of corners. If we're talking newer stuff like 70s and up, different story, as even beautiful 8s are often quite affordable. Also, a 5 on the sticker of your eventual Rose and Namath will wind up mattering little if the cards looks better than most 6s

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I love your collection. I was inspired by it when you published that thread a while back with the top cards in the hobby. I am starting a project this year and my goal will be "to hell with the grade and the back - what is the eye appeal of the card front?" Like you, will be open to rounded corners on very old cards. And I will be cracking the cards out if purchased in a holder so I can feel them when desired. I want to work my way down the ESPN Hall of 100 list, inch by inch.

P.S. - Totally jealous of that Joe Jackson.

MrNearMint · January 4, 2015 9:39AM

I just recently picked up a 54 topps hank Aaron raw, guessing it will grade a bvg 5. So that's off the list.
51 bowman mantle (honestly, I'd be ok with any grade or even altered). Also Pete rose rc in any numerical grade. Nolan Ryan would also be I
On my list.

I don't really care about centering as much as many other collectors do, I'd rather have a blazer with sharp corners!

KNAPP · January 4, 2015 9:56AM

Not PSA.

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MULLINS5 · January 4, 2015 9:56AM

Any card in a low grade holder with great eye-appeal. Gretzky's 1979 OPC rookie is and has always been my favorite card, so I'm super happy to own this PSA 3:

FINESTKIND · January 4, 2015 10:22AM

A PSA 5 works for me on any rookie card. I guess I'm easy to please.

Stone193 · January 4, 2015 10:28AM

I'm sure everyone has one.

Here's mine:

BunchOBull · January 4, 2015 10:33AM

I'm a PSA 2-3 kind of guy.

DM23HOF · January 4, 2015 11:08AM

Thanks, Dytch. I have a cousin who cracks out all his graded cards to keep them raw in card savers. When I see his collection I really feel the pull to have them presented that old school way.

Mullins, that is my dream Gretzky. Centering is sweet and that oil drop is a bull's eye! What a value.

Also, Stone, that is a pretty monstrous grade for a T3 Cobb.

Juggs · January 4, 2015 11:14AM

Any card. They're all awesome and deserve a good home in my collection.

ThoseBackPages · January 4, 2015 11:14AM

I'm looking for some sweet spider-wrinkle HOF RCs

Tabe · January 4, 2015 11:31AM

<< I'm sure everyone has one.

Here's mine:

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I'm not crazy about that particular 5, but that is also the card I would pick.

PSASAP · January 4, 2015 11:41AM

Any Ruth, Gehrig, Cobb, or Walter Johnson card, as long as it's decently centered and from their playing days, not after.

mikeschmidt · January 4, 2015 12:02PM

K-Bats Harry Wright

Jim Thorpe Zeenut

N173 Chas. Ferguson

I could make a list a thousand long on this ask!

lamontcarter · January 4, 2015 12:04PM

My best 5:

bobbyw8469 · January 4, 2015 12:07PM

niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

orioles93 · January 4, 2015 12:09PM

I love 5's if they present well and are well centered. A bunch of my rookies from the 50s through the 60s are 5's.

If it looks like this, it is more than welcome in my collection.

bobsbbcards · January 4, 2015 12:20PM

<< I could make a list a thousand long on this ask! >>

As could I!! Any 1955 or 1956 Kahn's card, any 1961 Topps Dice Game card, any mid-50's meat card, a '63 Pepsi John Bateman perhaps, how about a 1958 Kahn's Roberto Clemente or a 1955 Topps Stamp Hank Aaron? Endless........

DM23HOF · January 4, 2015 12:34PM

Sometimes 5 seems downright high-grade to me-- these three cards don't even add up to a 5, LOL!

Meanwhile these two are a 5 and 4.5...

DanBessette · January 4, 2015 1:35PM

1959 Fleer Ted Williams #68 SP

ToneD · January 4, 2015 1:49PM

I'm in full agreement with the buy the card and not the holder mantra.

mikelowell25 · January 4, 2015 1:53PM

Beautiful cobb!!

Gball16 · January 4, 2015 2:23PM

T206 honus Wagner and T206 Eddie plank.

CocoaBeachDodgers · January 4, 2015 2:58PM

That's a beautiful PSA 5 Cepeda rookie Evan, very hard to find that one well centered.

Of course, GBall16 beat me to the most obvious: T206 Wagner, I think there is only one graded a 5 and that's "Jumbo". Many believe that is the really the highest graded because it is 100% unaltered.

Basically, any card that I want & could not afford a higher graded one I would be more than happy with a 5 or less, as long as it was centered decently.

mikeschmidt · January 4, 2015 3:10PM

<< 

<< I could make a list a thousand long on this ask! >>

As could I!! Any 1955 or 1956 Kahn's card, any 1961 Topps Dice Game card, any mid-50's meat card, a '63 Pepsi John Bateman perhaps, how about a 1958 Kahn's Roberto Clemente or a 1955 Topps Stamp Hank Aaron? Endless........ >>

Forgot to say a 1980 Topps Pepsi Mike Schmidt!

seebelow · January 4, 2015 5:36PM

Agree with the '52 Mantle.

CenteredMantles · January 4, 2015 10:44PM

Some amazing examples of lower grade cards here.

When I got back into collecting I thought going after the best grade you could afford was a good mantra. The more cards I studied the more I released grades are nothing more than a number on the sticker. I love slabbed cards for protection and for the confirmation they are authentic and (most of the time) unaltered. 90% of my pre 1975 cards are graded 5 or below. As long as the card is centered and hits the eye well, I'll take any grade 1-10.

SidePocket · January 5, 2015 3:02AM

The PSA 5 Mantle in my 61 set:

MULLINS5 · January 5, 2015 6:15AM

<< Thanks, Dytch. I have a cousin who cracks out all his graded cards to keep them raw in card savers. When I see his collection I really feel the pull to have them presented that old school way.

Mullins, that is my dream Gretzky. Centering is sweet and that oil drop is a bull's eye! What a value.

Also, Stone, that is a pretty monstrous grade for a T3 Cobb. >>

Thank you sir! It's actually your collection that has inspired me to focus more on the card's attributes than the grade on the holder.

graygator · January 7, 2015 9:21AM

I happened to buy this Sunday just before this thread went up and it arrived today. May not overly impress the centering guys, but I couldn't be happier to have it as part of my collection.

ThoseBackPages · January 7, 2015 9:23AM

Great looking Hank! Love the clean surface!

DanBessette · January 7, 2015 9:41AM

<< 1959 Fleer Ted Williams #68 SP >>

Oohhh, I've got another one! (not mine, but I'd love one like it)

graygator · January 7, 2015 12:35PM

<< Great looking Hank! Love the clean surface! >>

Thanks! From what I saw looking at 54 Aaron's the past few months, in the mid grades it seems like a clean surface with good color and the name in focus aren't that easy to come by. Very happy to have this one.

dberk12 · January 8, 2015 7:41AM

Basically, any card that I want & could not afford a higher graded one I would be more than happy with a 5 or less, as long as it was centered decently. >>

+1. Exactly.

wrestlingcardking · January 8, 2015 8:05AM

I have found that many 5s looks as good or better than many 6s......

ledsters · January 14, 2015 2:15PM

MilehighHOF · February 20, 2015 3:47AM

I just posted this in the mail call thread, but thought it belonged in this one too. Here is a PSA 5 I am very happy to own:

Counselor · February 20, 2015 5:03AM

Great looking 57 Mantle!

DM23HOF · February 20, 2015 5:47AM

Mantle looks more 'seveny' to me. When it's centered, the image is blurry. When it's focused, it's tilted horribly. You found a diamond in the rough there. There's pop report data, then there is the harsh and often surprising reality of how hard it is to get certain cards both centered and well printed.

Dboneesq · February 20, 2015 6:25AM

Love that Mick ... nice pickup.

Would one of these

And 2 of these equal a 5? LOL

DanBessette · February 20, 2015 6:31AM

Nice Micks all around!

miwlvrn · February 20, 2015 6:56AM

Montiel Musial, but there are none graded higher than a 2.5

DM23HOF · February 20, 2015 7:26AM

I wouldn't mind a T210 Old Mill Shoeless Joe in EX condition.

MilehighHOF · February 20, 2015 7:40AM

<< Mantle looks more 'seveny' to me. When it's centered, the image is blurry. When it's focused, it's tilted horribly. You found a diamond in the rough there. There's pop report data, then there is the harsh and often surprising reality of how hard it is to get certain cards both centered and well printed. >>

Yeah, the second I saw it on Ebay I knew I found a special one. In hand it looks like a seven and it goes nicely with the 57 Ted Williams you sold me.

MilehighHOF · February 20, 2015 7:44AM

<< Love that Mick ... nice pickup.

Would one of these

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The 56 is next on my list! Nice card.

MULLINS5 · February 20, 2015 7:49AM

My new low-grade Gretzky (PSA 4)

Cards you would be happy to own in a PSA 5 holder?

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