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1987 Fleer basketball
olb31
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Just sent in around 25 perfectly centered 1987 fleer basketball cards and basically received all 8's. These cards were all really nice ones. I see many way off centered 9's, like 67-33 in some cases and all of these had to be 55-45 or better most 52-48 in all directions. I must be missing something on how they grade the cards.
Is it better to send in off-centered ones? What exactly hurts these cards? The backs were all flawless also. Keep in mind I grade a decent amount of cards per year, not a novice at this.
On the 1988 fleer basketball I got quite a few 10's. Stockton, 2 Jordan's and Price. Got several 9's on pippen's and rodman's. So i guess I can see good on those, but my sight must be really bad on the 1987's.
Anyone with experience grading these cards let me know what you have found out.
Is it better to send in off-centered ones? What exactly hurts these cards? The backs were all flawless also. Keep in mind I grade a decent amount of cards per year, not a novice at this.
On the 1988 fleer basketball I got quite a few 10's. Stockton, 2 Jordan's and Price. Got several 9's on pippen's and rodman's. So i guess I can see good on those, but my sight must be really bad on the 1987's.
Anyone with experience grading these cards let me know what you have found out.
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Ink spots on the dark background behind the player plagues this issue. hold the card in bright sunlight and you'll see them. It usually keeps it from a gem mint holder, but with all else nice (corners, centering, etc) you can get 9's.
I know Drexler is a tough card and I sent in 1 with 53/47 centering, the other 57/43 centering and got 8's on both. In fact I did not get one 8.5 all 8's.
I've graded a bunch of 1986's and feel pretty confident on that issue. I've never subbed an 87 or 88 but I think it might be fun to try and sub some 87 or 88 Jordans and some of the big 88 RCs to try for some 9's and 10's. One thing I have noticed is that the white on the 87 fleer card sometimes turns a little off white or yellow. Perhaps they considered this a surface issue and knocked you for it? Otherwise I don't know. Congrats on the gem 88's. Those are some nice hits. If you don't mind sharing, where did you pick up the cards (show, LCS. eBay, other)?
Picked them up on EBAY. Either individually or through sets. None at shows. I also got a few jordan 1988 9's, which are decent.
Also have had a few 8s in bird, Barkley, and Akeem too
Odd that they seem tough since it's a pretty straight forward design with clear right angle borders and white corners
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Quarters: 52S, 47S, 46S, 40S, 39S, 38S, 37D+S, 36D+S, 35D, 34D, 32D+S
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1997 Finest silver: 115, 135, 139, 145, 310
1995 Ultra Gold Medallion Sets: Golden Prospects, HR Kings, On-Base Leaders, Power Plus, RBI Kings, Rising Stars
Ink spots on the dark background behind the player plagues this issue. hold the card in bright sunlight and you'll see them. It usually keeps it from a gem mint holder, but with all else nice (corners, centering, etc) you can get 9's.
+1 you are 100% correct
Ink spots on the dark background behind the player plagues this issue. hold the card in bright sunlight and you'll see them. It usually keeps it from a gem mint holder, but with all else nice (corners, centering, etc) you can get 9's.
+1 you are 100% correct
Agreed. I fell victim to this a few years ago...before .5 grades.
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
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