Take a guess at what these will grade? The Results are in!

[orly57]

I think Jon is on-point:

Clemente 4
Koufax 5
Aaron 2.5

[GasHouseGang]

Originally Posted by orly57

I think Jon is on-point:

Clemente 4
Koufax 5
Aaron 2.5

I would have to agree with both of you.

[conor912]

Aaron 3
Koufax 5.5
Clemente 5, sans globule

[BruceinGa]

Aaron 4
Koufax 6
Clemente 3

[Gradedcardman]

4
5
3

[chalupacollects]

5 Clemente maybe a 4.5 depending on the glob
6 Koufax
3 Aaron

[jrawlsian]

Clemente 3.5
Koufax 3.5
Aaron 3

[oldmancards]

I think Adam is on point. I would have said 4, 5, and 3.

[BruceinGa]

I guess we will have to wait 6 months for the results!😊

[52ToppsMantle]

Clemente 4
Koufax 5.5
Aaron - Altered (trimmed)

[hcv123]

Clemente - 5
Koufax - 5.5
Aaron - 3

[brob28]

Clemente - 4
Koufax - 5.5
Aaron 2.5

[jcc6252]

Originally Posted by Gradedcardman

4
5
3

I am in the 4-5-3 camp.

[toledo_mudhen]

5
6
4

[BruceinGa]

By another thread, I thought the .5 grades denoted near perfect centering??

[conor912]

Originally Posted by conor912

Aaron 3
Koufax 5.5
Clemente 5, sans globule

It was the damn globule!

[Golfcollector]

Originally Posted by conor912

It was the damn globule!

Maybe so, I considered try to brush it off, however I was more worried about paper coming with it.

Unfortunately these are not my cards, as I would be selling them to fund some Crawford purchases!

[ruth_rookie]

Originally Posted by Golfcollector

Maybe so, I considered try to brush it off, however I was more worried about paper coming with it.

Unfortunately these are not my cards, as I would be selling them to fund some Crawford purchases!

Next time try rubbing pantyhose over the glob as Darren suggested earlier in the thread. After reading his suggestion, I tried it on some of my own cards. I must say, it worked rather well. Didn’t get everything off, especially the older stuff. But it actually removed a few gum stains and other unknown sources of goo (not all of them, but some). The key is to not rub too hard, as I “streaked” some of the blue sky in my Bench rookie from pressing down to hard. A nice relaxed stroke should do the trick 😂

Of course I had some ‘splaining to do when the wife walked in and saw me with my arm shoved up her pantyhose.

[Bigdaddy]

I frequently just use my shirt tail to remove wax stains from older gum cards. Works very well.

TJ

[bensie]

I would say:
4
6
3

[slipk1068]

Clemente 3
Koufax 4.5
Aaron 2.5

[Bigdaddy]

4
5
3

[stutor]

4
4.5
3

[glchen]

Originally Posted by orly57

I think Jon is on-point:

Clemente 4
Koufax 5
Aaron 2.5

Another one with these same grades

[Golfcollector]

Well the grades posted today – a few of you are apparently ready to quit your day jobs and become PSA Graders

The closest in their guesses were:

Irv- who gave more of a “range” on cards but will credit him with being ½ grade total off

Connor and hcv123 - who were spot on with Hank of Koufax - - and I wish they were right on Clemente being a 5 - as they were just a half point higher on Roberto

Chalupacollects and Swarmee - who had the Koufax a shade higher but were right on with the other two.



VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT+ 4.5 1955 Topps 164 Roberto Clemente
EXCELLENT+ 5.5 1955 Topps 123 Sandy Koufax
VERY GOOD 3 1954 Topps 128 Henry Aaron

[Throttlesteer]

I had both the Koufax and Clemente a bit higher. But, it's hard from a scan. Congrats, those are still pretty sweet.