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To grade or not to grade? - jlandry287 - 10-15-2012 03:09 PM
I'm new to collecting and the whole idea of grading cards. I have a few rookies but these 2 cards are the main ones I want graded (I know the Mantle isn't a rookie).
So here are my questions:
1) are these cards worth getting graded?
2) what grade would you say these would receive, and what flaws do you notice??
1964 Topps (Giant card) Mickey Mantle #25
![[Image: 5D80E960-2BFA-40F6-A36C-D97618B8D4C2-690...1B2E32.jpg]](http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/b524/jlandry287/5D80E960-2BFA-40F6-A36C-D97618B8D4C2-6908-0000071E8E1B2E32.jpg)
![[Image: 2F35B876-894B-46A8-9087-CEE563B50FA0-690...E29E34.jpg]](http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/b524/jlandry287/2F35B876-894B-46A8-9087-CEE563B50FA0-6908-0000071DEAE29E34.jpg)
Topps Ozzie Smith rookie card (kinda blurry)
![[Image: A83B1E29-A7F3-42D1-BDE2-A88D5991C7F3-716...36ad1f.jpg]](http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/b524/jlandry287/A83B1E29-A7F3-42D1-BDE2-A88D5991C7F3-7169-0000073CD02D9AB0_zps7536ad1f.jpg)
![[Image: 6E9DADC8-74D9-420B-8525-87407486E8A4-716...20787a.jpg]](http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/b524/jlandry287/6E9DADC8-74D9-420B-8525-87407486E8A4-7169-0000073D785336D5_zps0820787a.jpg)
RE: To grade or not to grade? - coimbre 21 - 10-16-2012 08:38 AM
Nice cards to have but probably would not grade.
At first I was going to point out that the top borders look uniform but that the bottom narrows a bit too much off. I looked at my same Mantle which graded a BVG 7.5 and it narrows off a bit at the bottom as well. Corners look slightly touched with a bit of a diamond cut. Maybe a 6 or 6.5 at best?
The Ozzy looks sharp but looks like a gum stain on the back.
RE: To grade or not to grade? - beatles guy - 10-16-2012 10:05 AM
Is that a gum stain or a shadow?
RE: To grade or not to grade? - jlandry287 - 10-16-2012 10:05 AM
(10-16-2012 08:38 AM)coimbre 21 Wrote: Nice cards to have but probably would not grade.
At first I was going to point out that the top borders look uniform but that the bottom narrows a bit too much off. I looked at my same Mantle which graded a BVG 7.5 and it narrows off a bit at the bottom as well. Corners look slightly touched with a bit of a diamond cut. Maybe a 6 or 6.5 at best?
The Ozzy looks sharp but looks like a gum stain on the back.
On the mantle only one corner looks touched IMO. And that's not a gum stain on ozzie that's the shadow from me taking the picture lol.
RE: To grade or not to grade? - jlandry287 - 10-16-2012 03:23 PM
(10-16-2012 10:05 AM)beatles guy Wrote: Is that a gum stain or a shadow?
Shadow!
RE: To grade or not to grade? - alfredoleal2001 - 10-21-2012 11:50 AM
The corners on the ozzie look good, maybe a 7???