Is centering more important than corners ?

Smittys

What o you think ?
And what does the market at whole think ?

Dialj

Personally, I want a centered card.
Market, varies on supply and demand.
JMHO

CharleyBrown

I think they both have importance.. but I personally think a centered card has more eye appeal.

Dboneesq

<< <i>I think they both have importance.. but I personally think a centered card has more eye appeal. >>

jeffcbay

If you compare two 1953 Topps Mickey Mantle cards, both in PSA 5... one has rough corners but is dead centered, and the other has decent corners but is OC, I would prefer the centered card.

mrmint23

Centered always sells for a PREMIUM.

JoeBanzai

I too don't like a card that is off-centered, however the corners are still very important. I would rather have a 8 or 8.5 that was slightly off-center than a dead centered 7. Also I am more forgiving on top to bottom centering, especially on horizontal cards that are centered a little high, but well side to side.

If I am spending my money on a card, I want it to have some kind of value in the future so corners and centering are both important. I really stay away from a card with any kind of qualifier.

Joe

WinPitcher

All things considered I prefer a centered EX/MNT card over a NM card that has sharper corners.

In some cases I'd prefer a true EX card over a card net graded as a 7

Once I get into the 8's and 9's they must be both decently centered and have sharp corners.



Steve

gemint

Centering worse than 70-30 is worse than a card with visible wear on the corners in my opinion. Though corners are important, centering is the higher priority.

CollectorAtWork

I'd prefer 6OC with sharp corners to 4 with rounded corners. Obviously, MC is a different story.

scooter729

With vintage cards (I'm talking 1920s and earlier), I would take the off-center card. Any card from that era which would get an 8OC would be welcomed over a PSA 6 in my book, simply because of how tough it is for those cards to survive in high grade.

For more modern cards, I would likely go centering over corners in most cases.

bobbybakeriv

Personally, and I am in the minority, I can't stand soft corners. They bug me way more than centering. But, I like to have both obviously.

bking

Matter of degrees for me. Fuzzy corners are better than 80-20; 63-35 is better then rounded corners.

But can we all agree that tilts are the worst???

Yankees001

Personally, it just depends on the card.

1971 Topps is easy to see how messed up the corners are. If it is a little OC, no problem. The black border sets can change things. White borders don't look as bad.

Dave

Stone193

Depends on the set.

If I'm looking for an 8? I want both equally.

If I'm looking at a 5 or 6? The centering will trump the corners.

GDM67

<< <i>Personally, and I am in the minority, I can't stand soft corners. They bug me way more than centering. But, I like to have both obviously. >>

Agreed.

<< <i> But can we all agree that tilts are the worst??? >>

Without a doubt.

vladguerrero

Hard to discuss hypothetical situations without seeing cards but I would say there are definitely times which I would go with corners.

vladguerrero

...The market and therefore grading scales favor centering.

bigreddog

Centering

kingnascar

Centering is more important to me.
After all, there is no RC (Rounded Corners) qualifier.

Logan

pmcollectour

Centering, and I try to avoid tilts as much as possible. Take away the l, and that's a different story.

itzagoner

centering and corners equally important when separating the best vintage from the rest.

however, neither matters if the surface of the card is anything less than brilliant colors, crisp image and focus, no print flaws.

you heard here first.

Morgoth

I am more about print defects, focus and color then corners then centering but all within the definition of the grade I am buying.

I expect a NM or better card to be centered and have better corners than a EXMT or below card, however a lot of times a EXMT card can have better focus, color or free of printing defects so that is why I look for that much harder as it doesn't harm the grades as much as corners and centering does.

Examples of cards where print defects are common, Molitor RC, 61 Aaron in name area, 61 Clemente with black dot in upper left border, 62's and 70's with the print line on the top of the cards. I won't purchase any of those cards if they have those defects in ANY grade.

Also for cards with very thin borders centering is almost a non issue.

divecchia

<< <i>Depends on the set.

If I'm looking for an 8? I want both equally.

If I'm looking at a 5 or 6? The centering will trump the corners. >>



This is how I feel...

Donato

fiveniner

Centering is very important to the majority for sure however,I too prefer a centered card .If corners exibit slight corner ware I am OK with it.