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Posted By: barrysloate

Of course, as Joe just pointed out, a whole other aspect of grading that is given very little consideration is eye appeal. This is especially true with Old Judges and other photographic cards.

Some N172's have gem photos but because there is a touch of paper loss they get a 20. Others have a light blurry photo but a clean back and square corners and get a 70.

Likewise, there are many T and E cards that have pristine fronts but a back scrape on the checklist and they just get murdered. I realize this only adds more subjectivity to an already complicated process, but eye appeal certainly is important to collectors.