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Guess the grade - 1956 Yogi Berra - Grade now revealed

nam812nam812 Posts: 10,602 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I picked this card up from a card show I set up at back in March for 40% of the high Beckett price. I scanned it for Ron Burgundy's "Raw card Saturday" thread, and then sent it to PSA. Well the grade became available to view online today, and here is the card in it's raw form. What do you guys think?

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  • TonyCTonyC Posts: 1,401 ✭✭✭
    7
    Collecting Tony Conigliaro
  • mkg809mkg809 Posts: 1,320 ✭✭
    7 or 7.5
  • hofautoshofautos Posts: 1,934


    << <i>7 >>


    +1
  • donrusdonrus Posts: 603
    7.5-8

    nice card!! don
  • MeteoriteGuyMeteoriteGuy Posts: 7,140 ✭✭
    7.....and a "high end" one at that.
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  • cubfan89cubfan89 Posts: 632 ✭✭✭
    I'll go 8.
  • kadokakidkadokakid Posts: 426 ✭✭
    6 or 7

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  • ClemazClemaz Posts: 1,422
    7
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  • VitoCo1972VitoCo1972 Posts: 6,135 ✭✭✭
    8
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  • BobSBobS Posts: 1,738 ✭✭
    6.5 - 7.5. I've always been a "range" sort of grader myself.
  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    5, you missed something on the card??
  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    6.5
  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,880 ✭✭✭✭✭
    7-7.5

    Nice pick-up Nick BTW!
  • MantleMarisFordBerraMantleMarisFordBerra Posts: 1,711 ✭✭✭
    Very nice card! I say 7.
  • HighChopperHighChopper Posts: 1,091
    PSA 10 chaz
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  • Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 7,007 ✭✭✭✭✭
    PSA 7. Nice card Nick!
  • fattymacsfattymacs Posts: 2,581 ✭✭✭
    7
  • bigred1bigred1 Posts: 667
    6.5
  • ElemenopeoElemenopeo Posts: 2,577 ✭✭

    Normally, I would say 7, but since you bothered to post a thread about it, I'll go with 7.5. image

    Nice card. image
  • julen23julen23 Posts: 4,558 ✭✭
    nice card...

    but it's no pujols by any stretch of the imagination.

    j
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  • hofautoshofautos Posts: 1,934


    << <i>5, you missed something on the card?? >>


    faded surface and the spot just to the left of the yellow banner?
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,602 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow, over an hour and no one guessed it. I sent it in thinking conservative 7.5 with a really good chance at 8. I must say I was happy to see this:

    1956 TOPPS 110 YOGI BERRA GRAY BACK - NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5
  • hofautoshofautos Posts: 1,934


    << <i>Wow, over an hour and no one guessed it. I sent it in thinking conservative 7.5 with a really good chance at 8. I must say I was happy to see this:

    1956 TOPPS 110 YOGI BERRA GRAY BACK - NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 >>



    Wow...doesn't look that good to me...good for you!! CONGRATS!
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,602 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Wow...doesn't look that good to me...good for you!! CONGRATS! >>



    It's very sharp in hand, and while an 8.5 was obviously possible, if it would have come back an 8, I wouldn't have argued.
  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,880 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Awesome Nick!
  • gumbyfangumbyfan Posts: 5,168 ✭✭✭
    8.5

    edited to add: I will give you 60% of high Beckett for it. image
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,602 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>......I will give you 60% of high Beckett for it. image >>



    I'm not falling for that one......again.
  • jimq112jimq112 Posts: 3,511 ✭✭✭
    Congrats Nick!
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  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,069 ✭✭✭
    It looked like a nice 7 but with grade revealed I call it a "low end 8.5." Not to offend just my opinion. It's a beautiful card overall.

    Also, I agree with what Julen said above. "nice card... but it's no pujols by any stretch of the imagination. j"
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,602 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>.....Not to offend just my opinion..... >>



    None taken. When I post a card I welcome all opinions, not just the ones I want to hear. I will say again that that is much better in hand than scanned.
  • lsutigers1973lsutigers1973 Posts: 11,093 ✭
    I would say PSA 8.5. Did I win?
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,602 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I would say PSA 8.5. Did I win? >>



    No sorry, the correct response was what is a triangle.
  • OAKESY25OAKESY25 Posts: 4,726 ✭✭✭
    BEAUTY!!! just like my 62 clemente... !!
    I have no problem with an 8.5
  • JeffD27177JeffD27177 Posts: 198
    I thought that the half grades were reserved for particularly nice looking copies of the whole grade, ESPECIALLY wrt centering.

    Am I mistaken?
  • martyogelviemartyogelvie Posts: 86
    If Im guessing, I would say 5.5 or 6.0

  • Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 7,007 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congrats Nick!! That was a very worth while investment. Are you going to sell it to fund some more T218s?
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,602 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Congrats Nick!! That was a very worth while investment. Are you going to sell it to fund some more T218s? >>



    Thanks, and that is definitely high on the "to do" list.

    Edited to add: And thanks to all that have given their congrats.
  • envoy98envoy98 Posts: 4,000 ✭✭
    what is a triangle

    What do I win?

    Nice card by the way, did you pay PSA 8 money for it? Regardless, you done good ol' chap. image
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  • Bosox1976Bosox1976 Posts: 8,568 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yikes! Fine job Nick. 40%? Wow.
    Mike
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  • AhmanfanAhmanfan Posts: 4,419 ✭✭✭✭
    Who sold that card for 40% of beckett? I'd think a NM+ 50s HOFer would be close to 100%.
    John
    Collecting
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  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,602 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>what is a triangle

    What do I win?

    Nice card by the way, did you pay PSA 8 money for it? Regardless, you done good ol' chap. image >>



    You actually lose because you did not read the very first line of my post which discloses what I paid for the card. image
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,602 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Who sold that card for 40% of beckett? I'd think a NM+ 50s HOFer would be close to 100%.
    John >>



    The guy that split the booth with me at the show we were set up at.
  • 70chip70chip Posts: 797
    Congrats Nick, that card is a beauty and looks terrific.
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  • JeffD27177JeffD27177 Posts: 198


    << <i>Who sold that card for 40% of beckett? I'd think a NM+ 50s HOFer would be close to 100%.
    John >>



    According to the most recent Beckett I have (Feb. 08), the high book for that card is $175, making 40% = $70.
    That's quite a deal for a $400+ card.


  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,602 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>....the high book for that card is $175, making 40% = $70.
    That's quite a deal for a $400+ card. >>



    Indeed.
  • KarbKarb Posts: 557 ✭✭✭
    Wow! Great job on the card. She's a beaut.
    Robert

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  • RonBurgundyRonBurgundy Posts: 5,491 ✭✭✭
    Good friggin' work, Nick! Props.



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  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    Nick, stop ripping people off at card shows.
  • AhmanfanAhmanfan Posts: 4,419 ✭✭✭✭
    that's crazy. you would think someone setting up at a show would have a grasp on the value of a card like this?

    John
    Collecting
    HOF SIGNED FOOTBALL RCS
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,602 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>that's crazy. you would think someone setting up at a show would have a grasp on the value of a card like this?

    John >>



    He got his asking price so he'll be just fine.
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