CGC Cards Grades First-of-its-kind 1953 Jackie Robinson Magazine Card- Now At Hakes

[Leon]

I love new (old) cards in the hobby!!!

CGC Cards Grades First-of-its-kind 1953 Jackie Robinson Magazine Baseball Card

Pretty cool find. Graded from CGC, our valued advertiser.

https://www.cgccards.com/news/article/12170/


And being auctioned by another Net54baseball supporter (thanks), Hake's Auctions.

https://www.hakes.com/Auction/ItemDe...-KNOWN-EXAMPLE

Good luck to all bidding, the AH and the consignor.

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[GasHouseGang]

The fact that someone typed their name on the back can probably account for the visible bends on the front of the card. What do you think PSA would grade this card with the type on the reverse.

[packs]

Wow. Very cool to see something like that survive and be appreciated again.

[parkplace33]

Very interested to see what this sells for.

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

The fact that someone typed their name on the back can probably account for the visible bends on the front of the card. What do you think PSA would grade this card with the type on the reverse.

Maybe a 4(MK) if the typing created indents, 2(MK) if it caused creases.

Edit: Actually, after reading this "The card was part of the subscription, with each subscriber receiving their own example, which included their name printed on the back," I don't think PSA would give it a MK since the card was released by the manufacturer this way. Similar to the tobacco factory stamps on T51 Murad College Series, which they don't downgrade for.

[Snapolit1]

Real cool item.

[JustinD]

History via July 1953 issue -



Honestly a bit strange to me as a "new" issue as while this magazine was very short lived, 5 months or so, it was advertised as Jackie Robinson as the editor. and a costly collectable per any previous sales for Jackie fans. This advert was well known for many years, Perhaps, the short lived run did cause few of these cards to be mailed?

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

The fact that someone typed their name on the back can probably account for the visible bends on the front of the card. What do you think PSA would grade this card with the type on the reverse.

I think it's safe to assume that PSA probably refused to grade it, hence it has landed itself into a CSG slab (the best slabs).

[Hake's Auctions]

PSA was not approached. Hake's went with CGC as their first choice.

[mrreality68]

very cool indeed

especially an old new item

[GasHouseGang]

I guess we will never know for sure until we find another, whether the name typed on the back of the card was done by the person that got the card, or by the magazine. It doesn't look very professionally done, which is why I thought it was done by the person that received it. I figured he rolled it into a typewriter (putting the creases in the card), and then typed his name in the space provided. Another observation, I noted that the magazine advertisement says his autograph appears on the back, when it actually appears on the front and the back of the card.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by Hake's Auctions

PSA was not approached. Hake's went with CGC as their first choice.

Why not SGC?

[parkplace33]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

Why not SGC?

Maybe SCG wouldn't grade it?

[Lucas00]

Would be surprised if it doesn't double it's high estimate.