Shot at a 9? Carl Eller RC

Luke1989

I am still learning how to grade looking at it through my loupe the corners look pretty solid. To the naked eye, they look very good.

I would say this is an 8 but wondering if it has a shot at a 9 or not...

ssollars

Great looking card, but I don't think it would have a shot at a 9 with those corners. I could easily see it coming back as a 7 or 7.5,, although they are sometimes a little lenient on the Phily sets.

Luke1989

Yeah on the back the corners don't look as crisp. My scanner doesn't do the card much justice... I need to find a black background to put on my scanner I think. The scan makes the back corners even worse cause they kind of disappear against the lighter colored paper. But the corners looking from the back look pretty good...

initialD

Looks to me like 3 soft corners on the front and all look soft on the back
I don't see a 9 from your scans
Great centering and still a smokin card
Good luck with the grade

JBrules

No chance at a 9. Looking at the back you can easily see some of the corners showing light touches. Shot at an 8. Good looking card regardless of the grade. Good luck.

Luke1989

thank you all for the input and the explaining why it will grade lower. Still learning all this grading stuff.

Stone193

Wow - great centering! Corners? I'm afraid a 9 is not in his future.

I remember he was a consensus all american - and that makes me old.

Mintacular

no way, 7, 7.5

Dand522612

7.5 nice catd

thenibbler

Beautiful 6

divecchia

I'm seeing a PSA 8, but would not be surprised if it came back as low as PSA 7.

Donato

divecchia

@Luke1989 said:
Yeah on the back the corners don't look as crisp. My scanner doesn't do the card much justice... I need to find a black background to put on my scanner I think. The scan makes the back corners even worse cause they kind of disappear against the lighter colored paper. But the corners looking from the back look pretty good...

Scan the cards again with the cover of the scanner open and nothing on top of the card and you will get a black background around the card. This will work as long as you don't have a bright light on near the scanner.

Hope this helps.

Donato

Luke1989

Thank you donato I will upload them again and update the post.

Luke1989

Here are better scans I think. For some reason, my computer made them a PDF.

JoeBanzai

Beautiful card of "Moose" no chance at a 9.

divecchia

@Luke1989 said:
Thank you donato I will upload them again and update the post.

You're welcome, I'm glad I could help.

Donato

Stone193

@Luke1989 said:
Here are better scans I think. For some reason, my computer made them a PDF.

Did you "crop" the scan before saving Luke?

Luke1989

No I did not. Why?

Stone193

@Luke1989 said:
No I did not. Why?

If you crop the pic, it'll show up much larger rather than seeing all that black.

Luke1989

It wouldn't let me even crop it (just tried) since it is a PDF... maybe I can screen shot it then crop in paint...

mikelowell25

Maybe an upside down 9

divecchia

Donato

erikthredd

Just reading the back of the card,i wonder how many cards got ruined by rubbing a coin over the blank area to expose the hidden picture? Anyone here ever submit a card from this set with coin rub marks on it? I'm just curious to see how the grade came back.

@Luke1989 That is a really nice looking card,good luck when you sub it.