Home› Trading Cards & Memorabilia Forum

Does this look like a PSA 8 to you?

Big80sBig80s Posts: 2,758 ✭✭✭
in Trading Cards & Memorabilia Forum
In theory - this should be a great card. Is this another fake flip?


Link
Let's Rip It: PackGeek.com
Jeff

Comments

  • slum22slum22 Posts: 2,594 ✭✭✭✭
    No, that does not look like an 8. If I subbed that card I would expect a 4 or a 5 coming back.
    Steve
  • JimMeantJimMeant Posts: 342 ✭✭✭
    No, it most certainly does not.

    Soft corners all the way around.
    -Collecting anything vintage
  • WalterSobchakWalterSobchak Posts: 2,096
    Looks like either a strong 5 or a weak 6 to me.

    Edited because I just noticed the scuffing/print issue on the left lower border. This card should be a PSA 5 all day long.
    'Sir, I realize it's been difficult for you to sleep at night without your EX/MT 1977 Topps Tom Seaver, but I swear to you that you'll get it safe and sound.'
    -CDs Nuts, 1/20/14

    *1956 Topps baseball- 97.4% complete, 7.24 GPA
    *Clemente basic set: 85.0% complete, 7.89 GPA
  • Big80sBig80s Posts: 2,758 ✭✭✭
    I believe PSA is a little more lenient on the Topps Mexican sets, because they're incredibly tough to find in high grade - but this one seemed like a stretch. With that said, I was curious if this might be another fake flip.
    Let's Rip It: PackGeek.com
    Jeff
  • WalterSobchakWalterSobchak Posts: 2,096


    << <i>I believe PSA is a little more lenient on the Topps Mexican sets, because they're incredibly tough to find in high grade - but this one seemed like a stretch. With that said, I was curious if this might be another fake flip. >>



    Flip looks fine to me.
    'Sir, I realize it's been difficult for you to sleep at night without your EX/MT 1977 Topps Tom Seaver, but I swear to you that you'll get it safe and sound.'
    -CDs Nuts, 1/20/14

    *1956 Topps baseball- 97.4% complete, 7.24 GPA
    *Clemente basic set: 85.0% complete, 7.89 GPA
  • Big80sBig80s Posts: 2,758 ✭✭✭
    Okay, I found a few more PSA 8's from this set listed on eBay - and it must be a case of leniency on PSA's part towards this particular issue. The labels look good to me, but the cards just don't match the grade. example #2
    Let's Rip It: PackGeek.com
    Jeff
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    HOLY $%#& NO WAY someone at PSA graded this an "8".


    image
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
  • ElToroLocoElToroLoco Posts: 914 ✭
    There is a certain way those Topps Mexican cards are graded and the corners typically have perforated tears. This one looks a bit more lenient though.
  • 76collector76collector Posts: 986 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not even close. I sure hope the graders are that generous on my next submission.
    I cannot hit curveball. Straightball I hit it very much. Curveball, bats are afraid.
    Collecting:
    post world war II HOF rookie
    76 topps gem mint 10 commons 9 stars
    Arenado purple refractors(Rockies) Red (Cardinals)
    successful deals with Keevan, Grote15, 1954, mbogoman
  • vols1vols1 Posts: 790 ✭✭✭
    It's a PSA 4! Two big nicks on the right edge. And it looks like some kind of flaw under the letters of his first name.

    https://kennerstartinglineup.blogspot.com/

  • ClockworkAngelClockworkAngel Posts: 1,994 ✭✭✭
    Another mistake by PSA?

    The seller says the card is pack fresh. Those packs must have been sitting on the back of a pickup in Mexico for 30 years
    The Clockwork Angel Collection...brought to you by Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Chase
    TheClockworkAngelCollection
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If you were to ask a novice card collector who saw an OPC rough cut if it should grade high they would say no.

    Perhaps this is something similar.

    With the huge print dot, top to bottom centering, four un dagger like corners and heavy chipping I would think it would be in the 2 to 4 range at most.

    If someone has VCP look up some prior sold examples and see if they match.

  • MinorLeaguerMinorLeaguer Posts: 509 ✭✭✭
    Maybe this ump needs new specs, but I say it's a crackout, slip-in and reseal job. That right edge of the case is not straight.
  • DialjDialj Posts: 1,636 ✭✭
    It probably has a chance at a Gem Mint 10 with some, not to be named, TPGs. Looks like a 4 to me.
    "A full mind is an empty bat." Ty Cobb

    Currently collecting 1934 Butterfinger, 1969 Nabisco, 1991 Topps Desert Shield (in PSA 9 or 10), and 1990 Donruss Learning Series (in PSA 10).
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭


    << <i>Maybe this ump needs new specs, but I say it's a crackout, slip-in and reseal job. That right edge of the case is not straight. >>



    thanks duck. thought my eyes were goin' flippy floppy, too. the lower right edge is missing a piece of the plastic rim to the case. agree with your opinion.
  • miwlvrnmiwlvrn Posts: 4,264 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Real flip/case, but this is yet another example of a mech error that occurred on the grade portion of the label. It really does happen frequently enough. There was a recent thread about a Jabbar card that also had a mech error on the label too.


  • spanky74spanky74 Posts: 240 ✭✭✭
    Seems like some folks don't realize these are perforated cards. Still looks generous for an 8 though
Sign In or Register to comment.