Curious...when did "7" become the slab "cutoff"?

[ChiefBenderForever]

For centering I have noticed many 5's are much nicer than a 6 or 7 with only flaw soft corners. Or a nrmt perfect card that is a 5 because of a small corner ding. My only advice is don't get so caught up in the grade you pass up a nice 5 or 6 for way less than a 7 or 8 when they really have no difference.

[JasonL]

I have a 1955 Killebrew RC PSA5 that (to me) looks like a 7+
Now, there is a centering issue, which I acknowledge, but I don't consider it severe-in part because the 1955 card design doesn't call attention to it like a 1961 or 1967 would, but other than that...can't find anything wrong with the card...love it.

[JasonL]

this one is terribly relevant...
I hit the BIN last weekend on a 5-card lot of PSA 7 Ernie Banks cards (1967 through 1971) for $150...I can be happy with $30 each and knocking off a chunk at one time.

Now if I can find someone who will do the same thing for me on Eddie Mathews, we will be all set!!!

[ThoseBackPages]

Originally Posted by JasonL

this one is terribly relevant...
I hit the BIN last weekend on a 5-card lot of PSA 7 Ernie Banks cards (1967 through 1971) for $150...I can be happy with $30 each and knocking off a chunk at one time.

Now if I can find someone who will do the same thing for me on Eddie Mathews, we will be all set!!!

Thats a great pickup! i saw that lot, but i had 3 of the 5 already, so i passed on it.

Amen on Mathews, im down to just three topps (one i'll never get lol!) and two bowmans to finish his base run

[JasonL]

yeah, you know, I already have two of those 5 (1967 raw and 1969 PSA 8), but I bought them anyway...couldn't resist the package deal.

The Mathews collection sounds great - do you collect graded or raw? targeting fairly high grade? Which one did you find the toughest to get a reasonable price on -of the ones you own?

[ThoseBackPages]

Originally Posted by JasonL

yeah, you know, I already have two of those 5 (1967 raw and 1969 PSA 8), but I bought them anyway...couldn't resist the package deal.

The Mathews collection sounds great - do you collect graded or raw? targeting fairly high grade? Which one did you find the toughest to get a reasonable price on -of the ones you own?

I only collect graded, with this "loosely" as my general rule...

on anything pre-1972 the lower the grade, the better.
on 72 to 79, looking for 7's, 8's and possibly 9's
on 80 to 09, looking for 9's and possibly 10's


For Mathews, i go for 5/6 maybe 7's

Of the ones i own, they were all fairly reasonable. Havnt tracked down an affordable '53 bowman yet. its the '52 that wont be reasonable!!! LOL

[JasonL]

Eric,
that sounds like a good way to go about it.
Most of my Mathews cards are raw, and I have been thinking about submitting them, but I suspect they are mostly 5s and 6s

Ideally, I would like to assemble a graded collection with the 1960s cards in PSA 7 and the 1950s in PSA 6 if I can't swing the 7s...

Just got the Banks lot yesterday...they look fantastic. Honestly, on a couple of them, I wouldn't be able to tell the difference between those and a PSA 9.

Good luck with your Mathews collection...post scans when you add a new one.