Cards that are tough to find centered.

[DeanH3]

I'm a sucker for nicely centered cards. Cobb's E93 Standard Caramel issue seems to be commonly found off-centered to the right. Post up a card that was difficult, or has been difficult, for you to find nicely centered.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m52/DHack3/BB%20Cards/0968c744-e503-4f03-b36c-f8796db469a4_zps6be03f16.jpg

[MattyC]

Wow that centering is outstanding. Great card.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Sorry, these are post-war but I know that they are both very tough to find centered........

[Al C.risafulli]

When I was working aggressively on the 1938 Goudey set, the card #271 Joe Vosmik was nearly impossible to find without a tilt. Most were very pronounced, but it seemed like the card was nearly impossible to find without even a slight tilt.

Some examples:

http://www.swingbattaswing.com/page10/page14/files/page14_4.jpg

http://www.swingbattaswing.com/page10/page14/files/page14_4.jpg

http://www.swingbattaswing.com/page10/page14/files/page14_6.jpg

http://www.swingbattaswing.com/page10/page14/files/page14_3.jpg

I've never examined a second series uncut sheet, but the only thing I could think of was that maybe the card was actually tilted on the sheet or something. Nearly every example I've ever seen has this tilt, even if its ever-so-slight.

-Al

[atx840]

Green Cobb with Piedmont 150 back.

[leaflover]

If anyone has a centered 1948-49 Leaf Pete Reiser I would love to see it.

This one is the closest to being centered that I have ever seen.

[Cardboard Junkie]

Sorry post war and Hockey....but there are many...advanced collectors and even TPG's that don't know what "centered" is on 54 Topps Hockey. Dave.

[Cerberus]

Not only is it a fairly difficult card in the set to obtain in any condition, I can tell you from many, many years of experience, that the T205 Kirb White, for whatever reason, is a very difficult card to find even close to centered. There are very few high grade examples around. The card in the REA set break-up, was the most centered example I've seen, in a PSA 5 or higher.

[Brian Van Horn]

I think I will nominate a set. A lot of examples come to mind of the E220s.

[CW]

Green Cobb with Piedmont 150 back.

Haha, reminds me of this funny, entertaining, and slightly controversial thread (http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=134449) about green portrait Cobbs and their centering from awhile ago.

Here's a few tough ones, although all not perfectly centered, and all not exactly "prewar"...

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images/show/cw2112/top-20-cards/3735/1909-t206-ty-cobb-green-portrait

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images/show/cw2112/cool-cardboard/3754/1934-goudey-lou-gehrig-61

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images/show/cw2112/top-20-cards/3756/1941-play-ball-joe-dimaggio

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images/show/cw2112/cool-cardboard/3751/1953-topps-mickey-mantle

[nolemmings]

Can someone show me a centered example of this card? (no longer mine)
http://photos.imageevent.com/imoverhere/stolen/large/15cjbarry_gr.jpg

[DeanH3]

Great cards Chuck!! The centering on the DiMaggio can be all over the place.

[Leon]

Most times even nice T205 Cobbs aren't centered real well...shown 1001 times but still fits...though it's a bit o/c top to bottom..

http://luckeycards.com/pt205cobbbrownjohnson3x.jpg