Please help grade and value 1955 yankees picture pack mantle

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When it comes to grading, the graders tend to be tough on pieces like this.

A lot of it is just the sheer surface area at play, which means there's that much more in terms of opportunities for wrinkles and other surface imperfections. Plus there's that much more edge for dents and dings. Finally, often these pieces are very thin, more like paper than cardboard, so they're very condition sensitive, plus with large and vast fields of white on the front and back, often they can get some yellowing that comes into play.

My experience is that even pieces that look really good rarely grade above a 5 or a 6. And often they might come back at a 3 or a 4, simply because they have a lot of these minor imperfections. And with that dent, depending on how deep it goes, it might be more like a 2-3, or even a 1 if it's really deep and basically breaks the surface of the paper such that it's more like a little tear.

In terms of value, I'm not an expert on this specific issue for #7, but my guess is that it won't be worth a king's ransom, unless you can manage to get it into a PSA holder, and get it at the very tippy top of the pop charts. Even then, the demand for these issues often just isn't very strong, so usually you're looking at a few hundred bucks, maybe a little bit more with a really high grade and a very motivated buyer.

Good luck!