Beware of BVG Beckett...

[mintacular]

There head is so far up there ass and have no business grading vintage. Look at this piece of crap '59 Mantle with worn corners and not great centering. They graded it an 8! This is not the only example, I have seen a lot of vintage graded cards and they are so over the map ie. usually overgraded. Make sure you hit the zoom function, 3/4 corners have serious wear. There is no excuse for this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1959-Topps-B...item4843665629

[veloce]

Or slabbing Frank Manush as his 9 year old brother Heinie...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1909-11-T212...item1c20e34a78

I guess Beckett would consider this an XRC of a HOFer.

[Taxman]

I think the white background really hurts this card. It probably would be a PSA 6.5-7....Buy the card and not the flip.

[mckinneyj]

Fwiw, I'd have expected that 59 Mantle to be graded VG-EX or at most EX - surface and centering are ok, but, not enough to make up for those blunted corners. Nice card but not anywhere near the NM-MT that Beckett gave it. I agree with Pat on this one and their grading in general.