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Old 06-10-2024, 06:35 PM
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Default “To grade, or not to grade..."

"...that is the question.”

I'm getting ready to send a group of cards off to SGC, so (WOO HOO!!!) I can film yet another highly entertaining* 'Blind Reveal' video. That's the set up, so...


These cards are really great, right?
Spoiler alert: Nope, you're completely wrong, you foolish men!!

1959mays1973clementeFRONTS.jpg


Sure, the fronts look semi-delicious, but when they are flipped over, you realize the Clemente is obviously a literal hair away from being truly miscut, and the Mays spent his cardboard youth pasted in some sort of album or scrapbook...as the latent yellowish lines/areas will attest.

1959mays1973clementeBACKS.jpg


Here's a very high contrast version of the pic to really highlight the 'sticky' (get it?) situation...

1959mays1973clementeBACKShighcontrast.jpg


My only motivation for grading is frickin' value (funny how almost no one ever acknowledges that simple fact).

So, is it just a waste of time getting these guys graded? I'm not looking to sell them, but just want some 'eventual worth' here.

Mays cards have definitely been climbing higher and higher, but if this card is only a max of a 2 or 3 (or probably lower??), is it a waste of $15 plus shipping, etc., (I'm cheap) when I'm happy just to leave him and Roberto in their toploaders?

What is possibly the best grade either (I pronounce it "ee-ther") of them could get??

All non-harsh opinions are welcomed.




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Last edited by JollyElm; 06-10-2024 at 06:50 PM. Reason: Grammar...always grammar.
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