Here goes nothing....
1. Cards with poorly drawn pictures (eg W551) suck
2. Set collecting rules. If you buy the 15 HoFers in a set, you have some great cards but it's just have a small percentage of the set. I can buy the grill from a 38 Ford....it might look good on the wall but it doesn't compare to a complete car.
3. Oddball sets are cool. Kelloggs, Red Man, Kahns, Wilson Frank's are often much more interesting that the Topps or Bowman of the same year.
4. Memorabilia trumps cards... Memorabilia is often rarer, displays better and has more interesting history.
5) Corners, Print Quality, and then centering in that order
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Working on the following sets: 1916 and 1917 Zeenut, 1954B, 1955B, 1971T and 1972T
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