The official Mickey Mantle Pickup Thread. All Mick, all the time!

[robkas68]

Overgraded imho by the fine folks a psa, but still neat.

[robkas68]

Pardon the random Musial in the otherwise pure thread.

[MikeGarcia]

Originally Posted by robkas68

Overgraded imho by the fine folks a psa, but still neat.

..is there a remote chance that there is frosting on that case ???

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[robkas68]

Originally Posted by MikeGarcia

..is there a remote chance that there is frosting on that case ???

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No. Submitted myself. Just crazy.

[quitcrab]

Has anyone seen the 1964 Mantle bazooka stamp full panel in eBay ? It's a PSA 5??? It is seperate into two pieces.How does this get a grade?

[MikeGarcia]

Originally Posted by robkas68

No. Submitted myself. Just crazy.

...and regarding the rest of the cards in the submission , were you also surprised by those grades ? I've been told that at least "three sets of eyes look at the final graded product before a card is registered and shipped ?.....

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[Stonepony]

Nice cards Robert

[irv]

Originally Posted by robkas68

Overgraded imho by the fine folks a psa, but still neat.

Originally Posted by robkas68

No. Submitted myself. Just crazy.

From one extreme to the other.

When I see grades like this, I often wonder, (as I would) if you thought, damn, I should have sent more in?

Nice card, BTW.

[robkas68]

Only card submitted. Over the years I have submitted many cards that I thought were 8s only to get a 6. So I guess it all evens out in the end. I recently submitted a 1951 Bowman Ford that was a sgc 55 to BVG because I thought it was a sure fire 5.5 and Beckett is easy right? Came back as altered although I personally doubt it.

I am not anti-grading, just realistic about its limitations. Mistakes, judgment calls, etc. are all part of it. PSAs Mona Lisa is the Gretzky Wagner and it is pretty obvious the screwed that up.

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by robkas68

Overgraded imho by the fine folks a psa, but still neat.

Awesome Mantle card Robert, overgraded or not!