Undergraded BEAUTY!

JoeBanzai

Nicest 8 of this issue I have ever seen.

1963 Killebrew SP

Feel free to post any cards you see that should grade higher.

LarkinCollector

Looks to be graded correctly to me (centered high, both bottom corners touched), but on the high end of 8s for sure.

KendallCat

Is that your Killebrew? Nice card and a little lower T/B and it probably gets a higher grade. Just got this 1956 Mays back and that it would bump - centered about as well as I have seen for this card, and had an 8.5 last year and this one is nicer.





Thought this would as well with the centering.



KC

jmb

After multiple views under a loupe I still can't find why this is only a 4.

seablaster

Vibrant color on that Gehrig.

Well done.

mgugs46

Probably not undergraded, and I'm not a fan of bvg, but I thought the card looked nice.

JoeBanzai

<< <i>Looks to be graded correctly to me (centered high, both bottom corners touched), but on the high end of 8s for sure. >>



Yes centered a bit towards the top, and I wish the zoom feature would be enabled here. Bottom corners appear to be barely touched. Focus is superb and doesn't appear to have any white "dots" in the red border. If this is a white bordered card, I would wager it grades a 9.

One of my favorite cards of all time (not mine.....I wish) I have looked at hundreds, most have worse centering and many have a smudge on the right border near where the white and red come together.

The 66 Mantle is sweet and the Gehrig MUST have a surface problem, probably so slight you would have to look at it out of the holder to see it.

Some nice cards here!

JoeBanzai

<< <i>Is that your Killebrew? Nice card and a little lower T/B and it probably gets a higher grade. Just got this 1956 Mays back and that it would bump - centered about as well as I have seen for this card, and had an 8.5 last year and this one is nicer.





Thought this would as well with the centering.



KC >>



Took a quick look at 56 Mays cards and most are not well centered. Found one that I liked.

Mays

BaltimoreYankee

I think they took a half point off the Killebrew card because of the zit on his forehead.

Stingray

<< <i>Looks to be graded correctly to me (centered high, both bottom corners touched), but on the high end of 8s for sure. >>



Agree, plus what is the mark to the right of the circle right at the Red and white boarder??

phelda

I think on the Gehrig on the right border, half-way down the card between the parallel lines of the base path there is a slight wrinkle or notch?

phelda

I also think the Mantle could be a 9 and the Mays should bump to an 8.5

JoeBanzai

<< <i>Agree, plus what is the mark to the right of the circle right at the Red and white boarder?? >>



That is the "smudge" I was referring to, often it is much more noticeable.