#2013365 - 12/06/12 01:59 PM
Re: Guess the Grade and help me decide
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Blackie
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The top one 88
Bottom one 88
Like top one better
Edited by Blackie (12/06/12 02:00 PM)
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#2013368 - 12/06/12 03:00 PM
Re: Guess the Grade and help me decide
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Both nice. I prefer the one on the bottom.
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#2013369 - 12/06/12 03:10 PM
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I like the top, better color.
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#2013370 - 12/06/12 04:05 PM
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Like the bottom best to. Cause of the centering as stated before. Card could be a 92 IMO
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#2013372 - 12/06/12 06:04 PM
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Corners appear better on top one. That's an 88 and the bottom is 84.
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#2013376 - 12/06/12 06:30 PM
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The top card has slightly better focus/register and the bottom card has slightly better centering. Both are in SGC slabs. The top card was graded way back when there was no single digit grade, just a double digit. The bottom card was graded much more recently. I like them both. A lot. So, trex, neither of them will be in your Christmas stocking. (I hear it told you're in for a bundle of sticks and a lump of coal again this year.)
I'll post scans tomorrow morning to reveal the grades.
At least one person has correctly graded at least one card, but no one has both correct.
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#2013382 - 12/06/12 09:03 PM
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Both very nice cards, I prefer the top one as the red just jumps out at me
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#2013385 - 12/07/12 03:30 AM
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Posted to show that centering is not the "end-all to be-all" in sportscard collecting. Both KRB and SMtJoy correctly point out the coloring advantage the 88 has over the 92. When coupled with the slight focus/register improvement of the 88 over the 92, those features outdistance the centering advantage of the 92, the corners being virtually identical.
To the untrained eye or casual observer, either card is fine for the grade and a half-grade difference is merely a distinction without a significant difference in this case. The cards could be switched in the two holders and few would gripe about it.
Interesting that those who voted, it was 3-3 with just the raw scans to view.
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#2013386 - 12/07/12 04:16 AM
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I was somewhat conflicted when looking at these (for all of the points previously mentioned) but in the end I thought that I would have preferred the centering......
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#2013404 - 12/08/12 10:47 AM
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I like it better on top!
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#2013497 - 12/10/12 07:52 PM
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Still torn as to which one to keep, so I'll offer either one (not both) for sale. I'll keep the one that remains.
I'll part with the 88 for $65, delivered. I'll surrender the 92 for $99.
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