Centering vs. Diamond Cut
 

Here's my question, if a card that is typically difficult to find well centered is available in say a "6" grade and has near-perfect centering but a diamond cut that is fairly obvious, would you consider that card to command a premium for the grade because of the great centering, lower value than normal for the grade because of the diamond cut or typical price for the grade because these two factors cancel each other out?

It depends on how severe the diamond cut. Do you have the actual example or is it live? I reserve my opinion until I can see the actual issue.

I'd personally take a nice clean OC example over diamond cut, even if it is well centered otherwise. I'm not a centering guy though.. corners, clean surface and image are definitely higher priorities to me.

Sorry, it's live, I don't want to p-off anybody......

I agree....
 

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This is a card I just bought. O/C to me is fine. I do not like diamond cuts for some reason. I avoid them at all costs. Just IMO.

Thanks,

Mike

Personally if I was bidding...I would pick a OC one as opposed to diamond cuts... I hate them.

Ricky Y

This would be pretty sad if I know the exact card to which you're referring. :) PM sent....

oh, and for the record, a diamond cut doesn't bother me on a T card or an E card, but on a more modern issue (eg. 1952 Topps) it would bug me.

Not a "6", But a Good Example of a Diamond Cut vs Centering that iS a Keeper fir me!
Tuff Card... & Condition Sensitive...

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I agree with Ian...centering doesn't bother me like it does for others. I'll take a clean card that is OC any day of the week!

Nice card, Denny!

diamond cuts bother me much less than significantly OC cards.

me too....don't care for O/C but diamond cuts are usually ok to me. All in the eye of the beholder.. Interesting answers and goes to show there is something for everyone.

To me it all depends. Left-right centering bugs me way more than top-bottom centering issues. Diamond cut cards can look off-center as well. I'd have to say it's a card-by-card analysis for me.

Re: Centering vs. Diamond Cut
 

I'm not sure I'd consider Denny's Walsh a diamond cut. The vertical borders are pretty straight. I suppose it could be considered miscut due to the horizontal borders. Are those crop marks on the vertical borders? Great card!

Thanks Mike & Ed!
This was a gem that I almost was iN Need of Selling. As Good Fortune would have... my situation changed & I was able to keep'em fir my on going set... Its either feast or famine iN my Home ~ I'm getting There!

Ed, Yes they are Crop marks... a couple of years ago, another board member pointed them out to me. I had noticed them however, because ThiS "BiG Ed" isn't from the T206 Set... & even though E90-1's can commonly be found with X ~ Y Axis marks... ThiS one was a bit more than usual & he really began to grow oN me!

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I'd buy the diamond cut and trim it to be more pleasing…:)

Seriously I hate DCs.

As a newbie to T206 collecting, this is an interesting topic. I've been turned off by diamond cuts as they have wonky eye appeal to me. I'd prefer OC cards but again, as a newb, I may change my mind over time.

Thus far, the consensus seems to be that most do not like the diamond cut card, even if centering is nice, otherwise.

Diamond vs. OC
 

I'd much rather take a diamond cut. The centering on a card, after the image, is the next most important thing imo. It draws my eye to it being off centered every time I look at it. My Cobb isn't too bad I suppose in this example, but I much prefer the image centered.