1957 Mantle PSA 4
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Sorry, not good with links. 222428139335. This one just sold basically double or more what other fours are going for. Possible reusb?? Looks great nice centering and no snow. Must be major creasing or something as just looks too good to be true. Case of two bidders really wanting it caused major bidding last second
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/1957-Topps-95-Mickey-Mantle-PSA-4-NICELY-CENTERED-/222428139335?hash=item33c9c00f47:g:yvYAAOSwuxFYuYby
That is called two snipes colliding.
It looks like there is an issue on the back by the words Major League. Perhaps this is the problem. Great eye appeal on the front for sure.
Thanks Dpeck!!
Yes, saw the issue on the back. looks like some stray ink and a bit ugly. Would that bring it down a few grades maybe? just looks like minimum 6-7 on the front
Not sure. It could easily be a common printing issue or something else. Other than the corners being a little soft it was the only thing visible in the scan that I could see.
Yes, talk about two nuclear snipes colliding with each other!!!! Two people thought this card was real nice
It's nice and I think, shows real nice for the grade, but there is at least the ink smear on the back, as well as who knows what when bouncing light off of it and checking corners -- hairline wrinkles, bends, etc. I remember a '57 Clemente in a PSA slab that looked nicer than its grade, until bouncing light off a corner and seeing where it had once been burnished down with a spoon/thumbnail. It was graded appropriately.
A perfect example, IMO, of why slabbing cards is so valuable at times, vs. buying raw and having to depend on just a few images and hope for the best!
Looks like a 6.5/7 on the front and the back with the ink probably caused the PSA 4. I know wrinkles automatically make the card a PSA 4 so the above poster was correct about their being a back issue. Known a few girls like that - Mercedes front but Kia back
That's why I ask for a back scan on any high end purchase just to make sure not 99-1 off center or a rorschach test like the back of this Mantle
True enough -- surely the back doesn't matter so much as the front, but, it does matter!
I still like the front a lot and contributed clearly to the hammer price. That blotch is probably worth 1K