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Help: Older Flip on 1955 Clemente RC... is it real?

wilkiebaby11wilkiebaby11 Posts: 412 ✭
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The flip just looks off to me.... I was wondering if anyone else shares my concern? Looks like an older flip that I'm not quite accustomed to seeing so my eyes may be tricking me.



Thanks for any help!



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Current T206 Needs: (Updated 9/11/17)

LaJoie Portrait 3+, Cy Young Bare Hand 3+

Ty Cobb Bat Off 4+, ANY Red & Green Portrait

Comments

  • ugaskidawgugaskidawg Posts: 882 ✭✭✭
    I see what you mean - The number checks out, but the text does look strange.
  • graygatorgraygator Posts: 487 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here's one that I think is from around the same time period, given the cert numbers and the bigger spacing between the year and Topps. Still, I'm having a hard time with whether the Clemente is right or not. What's going on with the top right corner of the case?

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  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm most concerned about the entire left edge of the OP's slab. There's a more pronounced line running the length of the slab, and the two clear squares have a thicker line through them. That could be a sign that the slab was cracked, and the card switched out.



    Also, see how the bottom-left square is uneven.



    Personally, I'd stay away from the card.





    Steve
  • 19541954 Posts: 2,905 ✭✭✭
    looks correct to me. No need to worry.
    Looking for high grade rookie cards and unopened boxes/cases
  • ugaskidawgugaskidawg Posts: 882 ✭✭✭
    You can always call customer service with PSA and get them to help you. They might be able to confirm whether the label is correct or if the slab looks funky...



    I agree that the left side of the case looks weird, especially when looking at the Gossage above.
  • thebaseballcardkidthebaseballcardkid Posts: 432 ✭
    Looks legit to me. But can never be too careful. I wouldn't worry in this case though.
  • thebaseballcardkidthebaseballcardkid Posts: 432 ✭
    Theres a great writeup where someone has listed all of the different flips according to the corresponding years. Not sure if its here on CU or on the other boards. But, again, I have no problem with this one. Ask the seller for some sort of guarantee if you reuse it. Its a great card to have for your collection. Good luck.
  • mrpeanut39mrpeanut39 Posts: 841 ✭✭✭
    With a card of this magnitude, some skepticism is warranted. I think it's okay, but I do notice that the "O" in Topps is slanted while the "O"'s in Roberto are not.
    "I think the guy must be practicing voodoo or something. Check out his eyes. Rico's crazier than a peach orchard sow." -- Whitey Herzog, Spring Training 1973
  • bouncebounce Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭
    i think card is ok - take a good hard look at the left side of that case just to make sure no tampering

    tough to tell without having it in hand but on first look i'd say it's fine
  • StamkosFanStamkosFan Posts: 255 ✭✭✭
    Someone with way more experience just told me that the left side looks tampered. The two divets or whatever they're called......the little holes under the left bottom corner of the flip, and the one under the left bottom corner of the card are fogged up. Looks like they've been popped compared to it's right counterparts. This also coincides with SDS's comment about the left two squares having thicker lines through them, and they're no longer even squared. Hypothetically speaking; the top right crack was probably the starting point of trying to pry it open to pop but it caused a crack, so they moved over to the left side.....that's just a theory.
  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    Font looks skinny/thin to me.
  • chipotlecowboychipotlecowboy Posts: 17
    That top right looks scary. Looks like a crack from trying to be separated.
  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,608 ✭✭✭✭
    Looks fine to me. Did you try scanning the bar code?
    "My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When we were insolent we were placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really."
  • UncleTwoPillowUncleTwoPillow Posts: 257
    Gorgeous card, accurate grade, legit flip and font.
  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭
    I thought so, but was outbid immediately!
  • DarinDarin Posts: 7,291 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Its fine. What sometimes happens is gravitational waves
    affect the scanning process, causing a rippled, or 'not quite right'
    look to the text and font on the flip.
  • wilkiebaby11wilkiebaby11 Posts: 412 ✭
    I appreciate all of the responses. It was a live auction item that went for slightly more than VCP average (after BP), so I passed. I was willing to take a risk on the card, but I decided going in that I wasn't going to pay even "average" price for it, even though I would like a PSA 6 for my collection.
    Current T206 Needs: (Updated 9/11/17)

    LaJoie Portrait 3+, Cy Young Bare Hand 3+

    Ty Cobb Bat Off 4+, ANY Red & Green Portrait

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