REA 1958 Topps Mantle #150 PSA 8

[Thecafewha]

I'm thinking that's a scratch on the holder that's showing up weird on the scan. Can't imagine that would grade an 8 if it's on the card.


Joshua Van Pelt

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[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by Thecafewha

I'm thinking that's a scratch on the holder that's showing up weird on the scan. Can't imagine that would grade an 8 if it's on the card.


Joshua Van Pelt

My guess is a scratch on the case as well. It's clearly visible and I would hope REA would have mentioned it if it was on the card. The description says the surface is very clean.

But yea either way that's a crazy price for the card. Double what they were selling for a couple of days ago.

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[MetsBaseball1973]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

My guess is a scratch on the case as well. It's clearly visible and I would hope REA would have mentioned it if it was on the card. The description says the surface is very clean.

But yea either way that's a crazy price for the card. Double what they were selling for a couple of days ago.

I am also going with a scratch that looks like that in the scan. Two reasons: I see other scratches on the case elsewhere and I also have seen REA be very open describing flaws that would make a card overgraded. REA goes so far as to call a graded card trimmed when they think it slipped past the goalie. All these factors considered, my money's on an unsightly scratch/scan combo.

Ginormous price for an 8. I will say centered 8s are the new 9s.

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[glynparson]

From what I have been told by many REA would not have taken the consignment if it was an obvious misgrade which it would be with that size surface wrinkle.

[irv]

Originally Posted by begsu1013

i would hope so and good to know.

and i would hope that whoever was actually bidding on the card would call to make sure as well, especially at that monetary level.

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Hopefully someone here can find out as it also looks like a wrinkle to me as well.

[Peter_Spaeth]

It appears to me it casts a little shadow meaning it is on the case.

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by MetsBaseball1973

I am also going with a scratch that looks like that in the scan. Two reasons: I see other scratches on the case elsewhere and I also have seen REA be very open describing flaws that would make a card overgraded. REA goes so far as to call a graded card trimmed when they think it slipped past the goalie. All these factors considered, my money's on an unsightly scratch/scan combo.

Ginormous price for an 8. I will say centered 8s are the new 9s.

Thats true I read the description for the Goudey green ruth graded by some obscure TPG. REA mentioned they tried to cross it to SGC and they said it was trimmed. No other AH that I'm aware of would disclose this. Someone would have had to completely drop the ball to allow a PSA 8 Mantle with a surface wrinkle into the auction.

[CW]

I'm also going with scratch on the case.

It will be interesting to see what the ending prices on the next few 8s that hit the auction block, to see how much the game has changed, but I agree that centering is the key here.

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Originally Posted by MetsBaseball1973

I will say centered 8s are the new 9s.

it took a while to resonate, but this is a great quote.

[Jdoggs]

Originally Posted by MetsBaseball1973

Ginormous price for an 8. I will say centered 8s are the new 9s.

I would say centered 8's are the new 8.5's.

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Originally Posted by Jdoggs

I would say centered 8's are the new 8.5's and i never did post that link that was requested.

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[Jdoggs]

Originally Posted by begsu1013

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Thanks for adding words to my original post.

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thought ya might like that.

that's exactly what you did to me and stated i posted a 52 mantle price, just not as cleverly.

and then you disappeared when asked to provide a link.

glass houses, dogg. glass houses.