May Pick Up Thread

[oldjudge]

I won this beauty last night, a Type 1 McGraw. Cards of McGraw as a player are REALLY tough and this one is special.
Trivia question: Which three players are at the top of the career OBP list? Most would guess Ruth and Williams but a close number three is McGraw.

[paul]

Congrats Jay. I have the exact same McGraw, except listing him as a manager. I almost made a run for your "infielder" version. Glad it's going to a good home.

[oldjudge]

Thanks Paul. If it was a manager version I would have passed. That said, a type 4 manager version in worse shape went for $20,000 more.

[sb1]

FYI one thing people should be aware of who might have gotten PSA graded W600's last night(or anywhere else), the holders are pressed down very tightly, especially on the slightly thicker and textured surface type 4's. Many of the cabinets have shifted during mailing/shipping and were stuck to the front of the holder, then shifted, thus peeling the top layer of stock off on the edges.

DO NOT TRY TO TAP THEM BACK IN PLACE OR YOU RISK FURTHER DAMAGE.

They really need to be either reholdered with the mylar insert or freed entirely.

If you look as scans you can see where the cabinet originally rested and left traces of it's stock, which resulted in bare areas on the borders when it moved.

[seablaster]

Originally Posted by sb1

They really need to be either reholdered with the mylar insert or freed entirely.

Are there any other cabinet issues that have this problem with the PSA slab? Thanks for the forewarning!

[sb1]

Not that I have seen. The type 4 W600's seem to be the worst, due to thicker stock and the textured surface. When jostled around they leave a cross hatch pattern where the top layer(colored portion) used to be. One of the ones I won, I just happened to have a before and after scan(holdering) and it really did a job on the cabinet, but if one was unaware they might not notice.

[brianclat11]

Quite happy with this from Heritage.



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