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Originally Posted by Gorditadogg
Definitely a small percentage, and of course it depends on what you consider perfectly centered. Snowman says he has 50/50 cards, but I've never seen him post one. This 52T Bruce Edwards, which is in a PSA 5.5 slab, is 48/52 top to bottom and 49/51 left to right, with a slight tilt from top left to bottom right. To give you an idea of rarity, I would guess I've looked at 30-40,000 52T cards, and have 50 this nice.
I'm not sure what to make of that though, in terms of overall percentages. I expect that the really nicely centered cards tend to stay in collections longer than the run-of-the-mill cards.
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Ya, good points. Truly 50/50 perfectly centered cards in every direction, you almost never see (unless they're trimmed). Most of mine are more like 52/48 or better. But there is certainly a selection bias with respect to which cards actually surface on the market because people tend to hold onto their best cards. Evidence of this fact can be seen when a panic market sets in like we had at the end of 2023. I checked off numerous cards on my list that I found centered copies of which I had been searching for years for that all surfaced at the same time because people were panic selling. It shakes the good stuff loose.