There are some really nice cards in this thread. Thanks to everyone for sharing. Here are a few more. You can find some really nice 60's cards cheap in lower grades that still look fantastic. Just gotta do a little hunting, which is most of the fun.
I love this thread, I have been more focused on buying centered cards they just look great in any grade IMO. My favorite "centered" card is my PSA 9 Steve Largent RC (a raw eBay buy), and I know I posted this Gibson in another thread it looks 50/50 to me.
A lot of very nice cards posted here. Centering is the first thing I look at when considering a purchase. Corners are the second. For my sets I try to buy cards that are 60/40 or better.
James
Finding centered OPC hockey cards from the late 60's or early 70's can be a bear. Believe it or not finding a perfectly centered 1968 Topps Bobby Orr can be very tough as well. Just check all of them for sale on ebay to see that centering can be all over the place.
some amazing cards...if not all of them
i was bidding on an amazing 4 that just had a surface bump otherwise perfect..lost it...price to high for me but developing the losing bidder remorse. shudda wudda cudda
Interested in higher grade vintage cards. Aren't we all.
The '52 Bowman Mick is a TERRIFIC card. As is Largentcollector's '59 Gibson. Heck, all the cards shown are beauties...
Below is a '65 Koufax I like a lot that should fit the centered description well. Not all of my better cards are as centered as I'd like them to be now, just due to a lack of sophistication on my part when first getting into vintage. Live and learn!
Oftentimes, for vintage, I don't mind a slight tilt, especially if the card often comes that way, so long as there is a relative balance of borders. Depending on the card and year, some designs are more forgiving of poor centering than others. Some of the mathematically centered cards shown are stunning -- pretty much anything 45/55 or better is going to be pleasing to my eye. And the tougher the card is (for me) the more forgiving I'll be of appearances.
There are some off center cards that look fine to me, especially landscape oriented cards that are high and normal cards that are low. I don't feel these have poor eye appeal at all.
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There are some really nice cards in this thread. Thanks to everyone for sharing. Here are a few more. You can find some really nice 60's cards cheap in lower grades that still look fantastic. Just gotta do a little hunting, which is most of the fun.
I love this thread, I have been more focused on buying centered cards they just look great in any grade IMO. My favorite "centered" card is my PSA 9 Steve Largent RC (a raw eBay buy), and I know I posted this Gibson in another thread it looks 50/50 to me.
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Tim
A lot of very nice cards posted here. Centering is the first thing I look at when considering a purchase. Corners are the second. For my sets I try to buy cards that are 60/40 or better.
James
Finding centered OPC hockey cards from the late 60's or early 70's can be a bear. Believe it or not finding a perfectly centered 1968 Topps Bobby Orr can be very tough as well. Just check all of them for sale on ebay to see that centering can be all over the place.
Great cards all!
aconte
Here are a couple of my mid grade Micks that fit the bill I think.
aconte
some amazing cards...if not all of them
i was bidding on an amazing 4 that just had a surface bump otherwise perfect..lost it...price to high for me but developing the losing bidder remorse. shudda wudda cudda
love the 52 Bowman Mantle
The '52 Bowman Mick is a TERRIFIC card. As is Largentcollector's '59 Gibson. Heck, all the cards shown are beauties...
Below is a '65 Koufax I like a lot that should fit the centered description well. Not all of my better cards are as centered as I'd like them to be now, just due to a lack of sophistication on my part when first getting into vintage. Live and learn!
Oftentimes, for vintage, I don't mind a slight tilt, especially if the card often comes that way, so long as there is a relative balance of borders. Depending on the card and year, some designs are more forgiving of poor centering than others. Some of the mathematically centered cards shown are stunning -- pretty much anything 45/55 or better is going to be pleasing to my eye. And the tougher the card is (for me) the more forgiving I'll be of appearances.
There are some off center cards that look fine to me, especially landscape oriented cards that are high and normal cards that are low. I don't feel these have poor eye appeal at all.
My own epiphany?
When I opened 83F packs to do a set.
I realized - as I reported - that "centering" was the first thing I noticed in a card - before corners even.
I had a similar epiphany when opening a 1983 topps Michigan box once. Oh, the cards were minty -- but about 90% were 10/90 centering!