March 2017 BGS Submission Result Number TWELVE of FORTY-TWO - 2010 Topps Heritage Clayton Kershaw Base Chrome Black Refractor Parallel (48/61) Now BGS Graded Mint 9

Very interesting. I originally acquired this great looking in a PSA 9 case and instead of having BGS raw grade it to make sure it would transfer to a BGS 9 I cracked it open and submitted to BGS direct. Well it came back and though it did receive a 9 as expected it is only .5 from a gold banner. Now all my other black chromes from Heritage of Kid K are in 9.5 cases and I was fine that this wasn't going to have that same distinction I think I will have to at least try to bump it once to see if I can get gold. This card does not pop up very often hence why I was OK with it in a silver case but maybe a grader will see that surface as cleaner than a 9 as the other 9 is centering and I can tell from here that it will never earn a 9.5. Either way I love this card and now only need 2 more of the black chrome Heritages to complete the set of Kershaw. 

Close...probably will try to bump to a 9.5

Thank you for reading and have a blessed day.

-Penguin

Card of the Day - 2010 Topps Heritage : Clayton Kershaw Base Chrome Black Refractor Parallel (48/61) PSA Graded Mint 9

How I dislike PSA graded cards but with me needing this "rare" Kershaw trumps my issue with the PSA company as I will be cracking this out anyways and submitting it to BGS for their grading treatment.

I have been on the look out for the remaining 3 black chromes of Kershaw from the Heritage brand for quite some time so when 1 does pop up I am watching it like a hawk. It has been months since 1 of the 3 showed up on the bay until this one came onto the scene. With a print run of only 61 this happens to be only the 2nd one I have ever seen. The other one was lost due to a crazy selling price. While this one is "only" mint I knew I had to have it as I did not know when I would see one at a reasonable price.

I know that centering is the main "issue" with this card as you can see from left to right it's off centered. I will not be doing a raw review but instead I will crack it out of this case and submit in raw condition to BGS in the hopes that it will earn a 9. While I would love another gem mint instead I know that is not feasible. If I am really lucky though maybe if centering can hold to a 9 and if there is another 9 sub grade I can try for a bump somewhere down the road. You never know.

Considering this was being sold by one of the auction houses on eBay I expected I would be bid up as that is their m.o. as are other sellers that sell thousands of cards. In the end even if I was indeed bid up I felt that the final price was reasonable and now I own 4 of the 7 Kershaws.

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Thank you for reading and have a blessed day

-Penguin