2011 Topps Heritage Clayton Kershaw Black Chrome (21/62)
... and now we reach the best part of this any other batch that you can submit. The guaranteed gem mint grade which this and the next 3 cards will receive. The only question is will it be a weak or strong gem as I will not know the sub grades till they are graded. With that said I am going to say this Kershaw Heritage card will come back as a weak 9.5 as I can tell that centering is off too much which is what I think the one 9 sub grade will be on this card. Even with that its still a gem. = )
When I submitted this to BGS for a raw review I "knew" that centering would be the issue and I hoped that it would earn a 9 as I believed everything else would grade out as 9.5's. The card came back as a 9.5 from the review which I then sent to BGS for the full slab treatment. When you do a raw review you do not know what the sub grades will be until you receive it back from Dallas. Again, I "knew" what it would be in my gut. Low and behold look what sub grade indeed earned a 9? Yup, good old centering. And as expected the overall 9.5 is a "weak" gem mint but it is still a gem mint and that is all that matters.
Thank you for reading and have a blessed day.
-Penguin
Wow, this looks so much better in a BGS case. I love this card! I've been looking for one of these, but they really don;t turn up very often. One day...
ReplyDeleteNo kidding huh? Its a great card and you are right they just dont show up very often and I think the only reason I got it was that it was from a seller from Taiwan and people were not interested in an overseas transaction. Got to love Raw reviews so I knew going in what to expect.
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