1955 Bowman Umpires - Send to PSA - part2

[swarmee]

When it comes to umpires, the ones that are in the Hall of Fame, many have their rookie/only cards in this set from their umping days.

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I think the only guy you have that's on the list is Al Barlick, and that card looks pretty sharp and nicely centered. I would expect a 6 or 6.5 I think on that one. Your Paparella looks to have a stain or mark on the back top right corner. Other things I would worry about are the centering both front and back. Like your Rommel or Napp might get MC/OC qualifiers due to the back of the card, since there's not white border around the black box or peach box, from what I can see.

You may want to get a subscription to vintagecardprices or worthpoint to see what high grade examples of these have sold for in the past, but here are representative numbers from the SMR:
HOF Umps 5: 40 6: 65 7:110 7.5:140 8:235 8.5:365 9:825
Non-HOFs 5: 13 6: 20 7: 35 7.5: 50 8: 90 8.5:145 9:415

So I would definitely send the Barlick in, and if you have a Chylack, Conlon, or Hubbard, the same. The others ones would need to be NM-MT 8 or so to have good retail value for your grading. That's why I wouldn't send in any that are MC or OC. This set has tiny borders that will skew the off-center numbers more easily than most sets. The Gorman, Bellenfant, and Engeln picture all three look OC/MC.

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