52 mantle 10 and 9.5

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

Am I the only one that thinks the 9.5 is the nicest one??

From the images provided, I like the 9.5 best too. But as stated above... unless they are photographed together and with the same light, it's not exactly "apples to apples".

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by perezfan

From the images provided, I like the 9.5 best too. But as stated above... unless they are photographed together and with the same light, it's not exactly "apples to apples".

Plus 1 agree I think the 9.5 looked better in person than the 10 and both locations so packed it was hard to get clean picture in addiction the lighting in each area was not the same

But I am splitting hairs they were both gorgeous and either would be a dream card to have

[HobokenJon]

Is it me, or does the DBacks PSA 10 Mantle have a slight tilt to it? It looks like the left border is slightly wider toward the bottom than it is at the top. Or am I imagining this?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by HobokenJon

Is it me, or does the DBacks PSA 10 Mantle have a slight tilt to it? It looks like the left border is slightly wider toward the bottom than it is at the top. Or am I imagining this?

It does but it's very slight IMO.

[HobokenJon]

Should a “gem mint” card have a slight tilt? I thought “gem mint” was supposed to mean flawless, as in a perfect 10.

[JimC]

You really would need the PSA 10 on the left and the 9.5 so you'd have a perfect Type 2 and Type 1. Otherwise, what's the point???

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by HobokenJon

Should a “gem mint” card have a slight tilt? I thought “gem mint” was supposed to mean flawless, as in a perfect 10.

I would guess there was some politics in the grade, and it was also a very early old bar code grade.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I would guess there was some politics in the grade, and it was also a very early old bar code grade.

I wonder what it would grade out or be the same if was graded today

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by HobokenJon

Is it me, or does the DBacks PSA 10 Mantle have a slight tilt to it? It looks like the left border is slightly wider toward the bottom than it is at the top. Or am I imagining this?

Was it earlier in this thread or the one on BO where someone demonstrated the SGC 9.5 has a tilt too. Not to defend the 10 with a tilt but how many 52 T Mantles in any grade do not have some tilt? The 52 set was plagued with that flaw.