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Certified, Qualified and Glorified!!!
The time has surely come for an appreciation thread featuring cards you have that came back from the graders with dreaded qualifiers, but don't bother you (nearly) at all. You love them and/or love the discounted price you paid for them!!!!
Post 'em if you got 'em... The '61 Say Hey Kid just has a bit of snow while his '73 Mets card is barely a hair off from being properly centered. The Mantle has a tiny bit of wax near his face that could've been easily removed before it was submitted, but alas. The Rose is a puzzler for sure... These 4 (including a trio of HOF southpaws) are all O/C, but if your OCD isn't too bad, they don't present much of a problem...
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Is "OC" a standard designation now?
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I'm pretty sure the O/C qualifier has been there since the beginning. I have a 1970 Topps Nolan Ryan in an ancient slab that's graded a PSA 6 OC. That one, let me tell you, is way off center and wouldn't deserve to be in this thread.
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That was sarcasm. I have seen much worse come back with no OC than several of the cards pictured.
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It depends on the degree of offcenteredness and the straight grade the card is.
https://www.psacard.com/resources/gr...andards/#cards
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(No longer) graded, but certainly could be qualified. Love it regardless, the surface and color are killer.
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Wow Josh! Those are tough to find in good shape. Id be really happy with those even with the qualifiers.
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This one is obviously more about the back than the front...
1961berra425.jpg ...and it don't bother me none.
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DF399AC2-6C8E-407F-AA94-2D69BAB5B67E.jpg The marker on the back of this card doesnt bother me at all. In fact, I can picture an 8 year old boy sitting in his room in 1956 writing the uniform numbers of his heroes on the back of their cards. I have no idea if thats the case, but its my story and Im sticking to it. |
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Technically this is out of line since its not graded, but this would probably get some kind of qualifier. I dont know though - it could be a straight 6. Normally 80/20 centering range or worse I stay away from, but for some reason this one has never bothered me. Maybe because the 62 borders are a bit duller - I just dont really notice them. The pic is killer with nice color and a crispy image:
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That '72 Lefty Traded is ridiculous, btw. I have one centered about the same that was a straight PSA 8.
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Certified, Qualified and Glorified!!!
I don't know if I overpaid, but this was roughly 20% the VCP on a straight 9.
-John
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A pair of 1961 Topps...
The virtually flawless #485 Banks MVP is featured in the "Grading Has Clouded Our Minds" thread, and the tough #531 Coates high number has a little too much black/gray here and there (most visibly in the yellow area) for PSA's liking. Really nothing very noticeable, so I'm happy to have grabbed it... 1961banks485coates531pdX.jpg
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Wow, whatever. Thats a great looking card! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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Here's one I didn't expect. I sent a bunch of Mantle cards in to be graded in March and they just came back yesterday. Grades were all over the place, got a couple 8's I didn't expect but also two 1's that I thought were better.
The most surprising one to me is this 1962 Mantle All Star. Do think the MC qualifier is because of the bottom border on the front, or the top of the circle on the back? |
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It's gotta be the back circle. I have a 1969 WL Mantle that's a 6 MC for the same reason, the circle on back is just a hair cropped off. Back MC's are great (for buyers, not graders), because you can usually get them at a severe discount and the front isn't affected at all.
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I was extremely happy to grab this pair of all-time greats. Both are just a slight hair of a tad off-center top to bottom to get straight grades, but they look pretty sweet to me, with sharp corners and beautiful clarity (and the Ryan is one of the best cards ever!!!)...
1974ryan1961robinsonpsa9oc.jpg
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Three Under Par??
The 1964 Topps #331 A.L. Bombers/Mantle is a beautiful card that is slightly pushed to the right, but there's plenty of breathing room over there. In a vacuum, the 1964 Topps Stand-Up Orlando Cepeda looks absolutely, perfectly fine. Nothing wrong whatsoever. The name plate is virtually dead centered, so it's only by examining other cards graded PSA 8 do you realize that it is just a touch too close to the bottom to warrant a straight grade. You would never think anything's amiss if you looked at the card by its lonesome. Oh well. I don't really collect football cards, but 1970 Topps #87 Bob Lilly makes the fifth HOF'er from the set that I've picked up in PSA 9 OC shape. They are generally gotten pretty cheaply, which is nice. With the thin white borders, it only takes a hair's width to deem those cards O/C (Although Bob really doesn't look all that bad, it is BY FAR the most OC of my quintet. How funny is that?)...
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4-on-the-Floor.
A couple of Hall of Famers caught in very insignificant 'snow' flurries, a very decent looking Gil Hodges, and the 1961 Topps high number, #559 Jim Gentile, is just a bear to come by in high grade, so I grabbed this slightly hinky O/C one just to get it...
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