1971 Topps for Sale on Ebay

[Gr8Beldini]

Anyone try buying nice 1971's on Ebay, only to find that the vast majority of listings show a black background... which is normally fine when selling cards, but a bit counterproductive when selling black bordered cards. There's one card I'm particularly interested in but I can't tell how the card is centered, let alone how the corners look. You'd think proper presentation would be obvious when selling anything on the internet.

[Jim65]

Originally Posted by Gr8Beldini

Anyone try buying nice 1971's on Ebay, only to find that the vast majority of listings show a black background... which is normally fine when selling cards, but a bit counterproductive when selling black bordered cards. There's one card I'm particularly interested in but I can't tell how the card is centered, let alone how the corners look. You'd think proper presentation would be obvious when selling anything on the internet.

Ask the seller if they could post different pic, and explain why. They might not be aware theres a problem.

[savedfrommyspokes]

Some folks prefer a darker background with 71s as it is then easier to detect any white along the edges/corners. I do see on higher grade 71s where it is difficult to determine the centering when a card is scanned against a black background. Ideally a non white / non black back ground would be best, however, many sellers utilize a sheet fed scanner for efficiency reasons and the choices with most sheet fed scanners is either a black or white background.