New pickup... '58 Brooks... grade help?

[phabphour20]

Cross-post from Blowout... please let me know if this kind of thread is discouraged here...

So I have 47 cards that I want to get graded. In an effort to get to 50 and use the PSA $6 May special, I went to the terrible little card/coin shop near my office. I was basically looking for something I could pick up, grade, and get out of without losing money.

I found this...





I am curious what you guys think this would grade out at... then I will tell you what I paid.

Sorry if either of the pictures shows up upside down... photobucket is AWFUL.

Cheers,

PP

[savedfrommyspokes]

If the card is crease free, appears to be a high 5 or 6.

[phabphour20]

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

If the card is crease free, appears to be a high 5 or 6.

It is definitely crease-free. 6 is my break-even, but I don't mind losing a few bucks in order to get the price of everything else down to $6.

Thanks for the comment.

[ALR-bishop]

I am a BR fan but that has to be one of his worst photos. The card however is a nice one. I am not a fan of imprisoning card in plastic , so I defer to others on that

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

I am a BR fan but that has to be one of his worst photos. The card however is a nice one. I am not a fan of imprisoning card in plastic , so I defer to others on that

But BR's collar in this photo is the best!

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by phabphour20

It is definitely crease-free. 6 is my break-even, but I don't mind losing a few bucks in order to get the price of everything else down to $6.

Thanks for the comment.

Your welcome..so I have to know, how much did you spend on it?

[kailes2872]

My 58 Brooks has centering issues. I am looking for an upgrade but many of the cards that I have seen - even slabbed in a psa 6 holder have similar left to right issues. Yours isn't as bad as mine or what I have seen but there must have been something going on with the sheet because so many of these BR's have the same tendency.

[Mark70Z]

I'm a Brooks fan as well. I personally really like the '58 card, the sky blue background, the card style w/the cool O's logo, only if Topps selected a different pose (was this the best picture they had?!?). Still a great 2nd year card.

I'm not big on slabbing, but I'd say it's a 6 possibly.

By the way...does anyone know who has the '58 Topps card artwork or transparency for this card? Real cool items...