1980 Topps Rickey Henderson RC PSA 10 or BGS 9.5/10 card for review.

[murphy8276]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

Either way though, $700 would be a very small price to pay for a PSA 10 Henderson rookie. Let's hope you find out one way or the other for sure.

Definitely, I want that call asking to charge me $700 instead if that is the policy! It's like buying the grade. I believe they do not charge that much for the speed only necessarily, it is also due to the handling and the fact that head grader(s) will be assessing the card. It is sort of an assumption though.

Either way I think upping the insurance should be possible also so it is very likely the customer service rep was misinforming me.

[the 'stache]

Wow, that level of magnification does make a big difference.

And, as for the $700 fee if you hit a 10, if they would allow it, you could fly out to their HQ, pick up the card, and fly back for far less.

I hope you hit the baseball card lottery.

[moburf]

I submitted this card last week at the $85 Super Express level because of the potential value and also because I had my tin foil hat on thinking that they might not grade it 9/10 if submitted at the $18 level. It came back an 8, which I guess shouldn't come as a surprise because it has just the slightest fraying along the upper left edge near the corner and the tiniest touch on the lower left. Both of these issues are no worse than the corner touch you referenced above in the Dmitri Young card that graded a 10. I think it's perfectly centered front and back, top to bottom. Color and everything else looks great to me but I'm no expert. Good luck in your quest to hit the lottery w/ this card.

[CW]

Nice card regardless of numerical grade, but obviously a PSA 10 would be a very welcome result.

Two other things to look for on this card are surface scratches and surface bubbles, which are fairly common on this issue. They can be really tough to see in scans, with surface bubbles sometimes only being evident when you hold the card at an angle with a flashlight shining on it.