2018 Cleveland National Report - Sneak Peak, Round 2 and Round 3 is LIVE

[kailes2872]

Originally Posted by scooter729

Did anyone get to see the '55 Mantle get pulled from the Bowman pack? Must've been pretty exciting to see that happen!

I was there. Front left. When they showed the Mantle, I thought no way it is a 9. I thought it was a 6.5 - 5 if I submitted it!

[ruth-gehrig]

Originally Posted by kailes2872

I was there. Front left. When they showed the Mantle, I thought no way it is a 9. I thought it was a 6.5 - 5 if I submitted it!

Guess it's now known it was a legit unopened pack

So the guy throught it would grade a PSA 3 and it came back a PSA 9?

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by ruth-gehrig

So the guy throught it would grade a PSA 3 and it came back a PSA 9?

Read the article again. He *already owns* a PSA 3. The card was straight out of the cello pack and the major issue was centering; nobody thought it might grade a PSA 3.

[ruth-gehrig]

I stand corrected. I completely read that wrong

[LuckyLarry]

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[vthobby]

Originally Posted by LuckyLarry

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Cool stuff!

I feel bad though for the 1964 Topps Stand-Up in the back there. He looks so damn lonely!

Peace, Mike

[Jdoggs]

Originally Posted by LuckyLarry

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Is that an authentic 33 goudey lajoie?

[LuckyLarry]

Originally Posted by Jdoggs

Is that an authentic 33 goudey lajoie?

no

[Donscards]

Larry---Great buys---nice seeing you again this year--always nice to chat with you. Don

[Hxcmilkshake]

Originally Posted by LuckyLarry

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Dinner table?

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[kailes2872]

Originally Posted by ruth-gehrig

Guess it's now known it was a legit unopened pack

So the guy throught it would grade a PSA 3 and it came back a PSA 9?

Guilty as charged. I still can’t believe it was a 9 and feel that there was some “national pressure” to get that grade. Not meaning to accuse of anything nafarious and I admit that even after these years I can’t seem to tell the difference very well of a 6 and a 9 - other than if I submit it is a 6 and if the AH submits it is a 9 - but it seemed that there was some grade politicking from be stage and Leighton chuckled when he made the “plea” to PSA but it seems easy to get caught up in the story and the hysteria.

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by kailes2872

Guilty as charged. I still can’t believe it was a 9 and feel that there was some “national pressure” to get that grade. Not meaning to accuse of anything nafarious and I admit that even after these years I can’t seem to tell the difference very well of a 6 and a 9 - other than if I submit it is a 6 and if the AH submits it is a 9 - but it seemed that there was some grade politicking from be stage and Leighton chuckled when he made the “plea” to PSA but it seems easy to get caught up in the story and the hysteria.

On the video they said it could be an 8.5 and it came out a 9. I looked at the card on the video and it's pretty nice but I'm not perfect at seeing how the centering matches PSA standards.

But we know it's pack fresh and with the publicity I'm OK with the 9 under the circumstances.

[glynparson]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

On the video they said it could be an 8.5 and it came out a 9. I looked at the card on the video and it's pretty nice but I'm not perfect at seeing how the centering matches PSA standards.

But we know it's pack fresh and with the publicity I'm OK with the 9 under the circumstances.

Rich in order to get an 8.5 it would have to meet the centering standards for a 9. The .5 For PSA must have centering within the parameters of one grade higher. I honestly have no problem with that card in a 9 holder, and i believe Leighton said he thought it could get a 9 when he was going around the show understandably pumped up.

[ValKehl]

I was surprised to find a relatively long piece about this 1955 Bowman Mantle pull in the Metro Section of this morning's Washington Post. This is certainly great publicity for our hobby. Here's the link to this piece, which includes pics of both the Mantle card in its PSA slab and the cello pack in its PSA slab before it was removed: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.228a0d3e0bff