Which card would you prefer?

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Posted By: Josh K.

If you were going to keep only one of the following - which would it be and why?

e121 Coveleskie rc graded sgc 20 - clean back but numerous creases/wrinkles and some staining




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this one - nicer front (only one crease, nicer corners and image) but 25% paper loss on reverse.

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Posted By: john/z28jd

I would keep the top one because the crease on the bottom one goes right thru the upper body.If that crease were more near the bottom of the card id probably change my mind on that

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Posted By: Josh K.

John,

If I told you that the crease in the bottom card is not anywhere close to as noticable as it is on the scan, would that change your mind?

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Posted By: jay behrens

I'd take the bottom one. First priority for me is visual appeal of the front. I could care less if the back is skinned, unless it's a back with bio info. Then I tend to be pickier about paper loss on the back

Jay

My place is full of valuable, worthless junk.

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Posted By: Julie

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Posted By: Darren J. Duet

The bottom one.

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Posted By: T206Collector

I have this issue right now with doubles of a T206 Ed Killian portrait. I have two sharp and clean examples -- with that crisp new morning sun yellow beaming at me every time I look at them -- but each with one very specific defect. One of them has a fairly hard crease going right through the top of the card from left to right, but not intersecting Killian's head, but disrupting my nice yellow morning -- a sure "Good 2". The other is crease free, but has very minor paper loss and some faint staining on the reverse from being removed from a scrapbook at one time -- likely a 1 or 2. I keep going back and forth on which one to sell in my next auction run. My wife (the tie-breaker between my schizophrenic nature in such debates) agrees with some of the above posts that front image is most important. But I like my cards to not have those kinds of minor defects that go towards the integrity of the card itself, e.g, pin holes and paper loss.

In the end, on the truly close calls, one cannot get answers to such weighty issues from others. One must search deeply within himself or herself. For within the heart of every true and great collector lies the answer. It is the same place to go when deciding what kinds of cards to collect and even whether to even collect cards at all.

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Posted By: warshawlaw

I kept the sharp photo card with back damage and sold off the higher grade card with the toned photo. I'd keep the bottom one.

Edited to say:

Would not be the same decision if the back had stats or a bio; in such cases I want the complete card.

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Posted By: john/z28jd

Josh, its possible if up close in person the card looks better than the scan indicates that id keep the bottom card.I know some scans really show creases that dont look bad in person and vice versa.Just ask Kevin Cummings who got a psa4 with a noticeable front crease that didnt even show up at all on a nice ebay scan,but in person it was easy to see