78 Nolan Ryan PSA 10: HOT D@MN!!

tschock · #1 04-27-2015, 12:17 PM

What I would like to know is how it got a 10? The non-linear cut on the upper right corner (from the front), the wear on the lower left corner (from the back), and the registry is a bit off (yellow is shifted up). If PSA is doing half grades, this should be a 9.5 at best (IMO).

But I guess that's why I don't by graded cards. Or at least graded cards in this condition.

We all know the mantra re buying the card and not the holder.

con40 · #2 04-27-2015, 12:24 PM

For a PSA 10, that card sure has a lot of problems. The ink is out of registration, it's a bit dull, and there's chipping along two sides. It's a butt ugly 10.

rjackson44 · #3 04-27-2015, 01:47 PM

looks like an 8 to me

MetsBaseball1973 · #4 04-27-2015, 03:08 PM

But the sticker affixed by some random guy says it's a 10! So it must be the best! LOL.

My money goes to the centered 9.......or better yet the 7!

EDIT 2 ADD----- I would rather pay a fatty fat premium over average price for a top top 9 or below than pay whatever the avg is for any 10.

ls7plus · #5 04-27-2015, 03:36 PM

[QUOTE: But I guess that's why I don't [buy]... graded cards in this condition.

We all know the mantra re buying the card and not the holder.[/QUOTE]

+++++++1! I can see 10's going for 5-6, maybe even 10 times an eight, but these guys are paying 90% of the purchase price for a piece of plastic and paper slip!! How dumb does dumb get?

Sincerely,

Larry

JollyElm · #6 04-27-2015, 03:45 PM

I think they got a bargain!! If Dean's Cards had this same card, it would be listed for $122,750.

DHogan · #7 04-27-2015, 06:45 PM

I need one for my set. But not that badly.

NateMack · #8 04-27-2015, 06:59 PM

I would take a 52 Topps Mantle in lesser condition for the money. Crazy how the tag is king to some... To each their own, even if I think it is nuts!

What could you buy yourself at the National or a big regional show with 17K?

KCRfan1 · #9 04-27-2015, 10:07 PM

GEM-MT 10: Gem Mint
A PSA Gem Mint 10 card is a virtually perfect card. Attributes include four perfectly sharp corners, sharp focus and full original gloss. A PSA Gem Mint 10 card must be free of staining of any kind, but an allowance may be made for a slight printing imperfection, if it doesn't impair the overall appeal of the card. The image must be centered on the card within a tolerance not to exceed approximately 55/45 to 60/40 percent on the front, and 75/25 percent on the reverse.

The grading for a GEM-MT 10 is pretty lenient. Slight printing imperfection, 60-40 centering on the front and 75-25 centering on the back. You only have sharp corners once, and that seems to be the key for the virtually " perfect " card. Waste of cash for the Ryan, imo.

autograf · #10 04-28-2015, 07:33 AM

I have 6-8 of them in EXMT to NRMT. Those will do. But, as an earlier poster said, to each his own. I would ALWAYS rather have a Mantle rookie in 3-3.5 although those are getting pricier now. Congrats to the 'winner'

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