Tick tock, tick tock. Grades are in.

RonBurgundy · May 11, 2010 4:46AM

Waiting on my first sub in 4 months to pop. Probably a couple days to go. Dunno why I'm so anxious, I ruined the best card in the sub. That hasn't been easy to get over, and don't think that I haven't tried.

Nathaniel1960 · May 11, 2010 4:57AM

Speaking of tic toc, is the PSA Grading Professor on sabbatical? Where's the knowledge?

FavreFan1971 · May 11, 2010 4:59AM

Don’t stop, make it pop
DJ, blow my speakers up
Tonight, I’mma fight
‘Til we see the sunlight
Tick tock, on the clock
But the party don’t stop no

RonBurgundy · May 11, 2010 5:32AM

Sure, here's my lesson for the week:

Take a NM-MT card that's trapped in a PSA 7 holder. Start cracking the slab. While doing this, stop paying attention when the slab is almost cracked and bend the NM-MT card, putting a nice, thick crease in it. Send card to PSA, get a PSA 3.

There you go.

BugOnTheRug · May 11, 2010 5:49AM

Great post. Most people would end up with a psa 2 instead of a psa 3. See, we can learn.

jeffcbay · May 11, 2010 5:51AM

Wake up in the morning feeling like RonBurgundy
Grab my slabs, I'm out the door, I'm gonna hit this card show
Before I leave, I quench my thirst with a box of wax
'Cause when I leave for the day, there's no time to relax

I go over all of my checklist, lists
Looking for cards I missed, missed
My wife's blowing up my phone, phone...
Ripping some modern wax packs
Looking through tons of card stacks
Selling those crappy game used...

My sub, make it pop
PSA blow my mailbox up
Tonight, I'mma fright
'Til I see the sunlight
Tick tock on the clock
But my grades they never pop, ohh

boo boo boo-hoo
boo boo boo-hoo

RonBurgundy · May 12, 2010 12:02AM

Well, here they are. Ok with them, I guess. I had super high hopes that the Brooks RC would be 7.5 or 8, it is extremely well centered with just a little bit of print. The damaged Mays wound up a 4. The Ryan RC is an exceptionally nice, well centered 7. Wehmeier is tough even in a 6. Other comments below.

Several of these will be for sale on the BST. I will give away the Mays to the person who makes the highest offer to donate to my favorite charity. Details will be up over there in a bit.

1 1 16852904 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1957 TOPPS 338 JIM BUNNING Card US - PSA 8 crackout, had to take one more shot at it.
2 1 16852905 NEAR MINT 7 1957 TOPPS 328 BROOKS ROBINSON Card US - Awesome 7.
3 1 16852906 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1957 TOPPS 20 HANK AARON Card US - GAI 8.5 crackout. Whew! Happy with the 8.
4 1 16852907 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1957 TOPPS 10 WILLIE MAYS Card US - Grrr.
5 1 16852908 NEAR MINT 7 1968 TOPPS 177 METS ROOKIES J.KOOSMAN/N.RYAN Card US - Really, really nice 7. Purchased for $300.
6 1 16852909 NEAR MINT 7 1960 TOPPS 377 ROGER MARIS Card US - Grrr.
7 1 16852910 NEAR MINT 7 1963 TOPPS 415 BOB GIBSON Card US - Looks better than the 8 I have.
8 1 16852911 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1952 BOWMAN 167 BOB AVILA Card US - Purchased raw for $25.
9 1 16852912 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1952 TOPPS 328 BOB BORKOWSKI Card US - Purchased raw. Nothing like 52 high numbers in PSA 8.
10 1 16852913 EXCELLENT 5 1952 TOPPS 88 BOB FELLER Card US - Must have missed a wrinkle, bought from the same guy who rubbed out the wrinkles on the 52 Nuxhall.
11 1 16852914 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1952 TOPPS 80 HERMAN WEHMEIER BLACK BACK Card US - Tough, tough card.
12 1 16852915 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1967 TOPPS 98 JOE NAMATH Card US - Card shop purchase recently.

itzagoner · May 12, 2010 12:21AM

nice results.

poor Say Hey.

Mickey71 · May 12, 2010 2:44AM

Nice sub Ron. Better than the $5 footlong. Seriously, how much is the 52 High # worth in an 8 and how much did you pay raw?---The answers to those questions are what we all like to know.

Mickey71

Bosox1976 · May 12, 2010 4:11AM

Sounds like a nice little sub - grades I got yesterday had a few that were one grade lower than in the past too.

I'd advise to get rid of that Mays ASAP - who needs a reminder of a whoopsie hanging around?

Tick tock, tick tock. Grades are in.

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