how bad is it to have a pin hole?

[dabigyankeeman]

I totally love an expensive card with a pinhole, particularly a nice small crisp one. Many times its the only defect on a really nice card, and it brings the price of the card WAY down.

As to cards with punch-holes, i have a couple, and while i am not crazy about punch-holes, they can be not too bad looking. What i do is scan the card in and print it out so that i have a duplicate of the exact color, and then put pieces of that color behind the card in my plastic sheet. This makes the punch-holes stand out way less.

[lug-nut]

Paul, some of those holes look like gun shot wounds, but your right about price reduction. The e90-1 Jackson I posted went for $6k with the hole and a couple light creases...how much without just the hole in that condition, maybe $9-10k??? I bid on it a couple of times

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by lug-nut

Paul, some of those holes look like gun shot wounds, but your right about price reduction. The e90-1 Jackson I posted went for $6k with the hole and a couple light creases...how much without just the hole in that condition, maybe $9-10k??? I bid on it a couple of times

Mark, I've always held small caliber gunshot wounds into consideration -- it's how to account for the burn marks. However, there are no pinholes for which they would have been mounted. And the Cobb, with all the paper loss surrounding the hole it looks like it was yanked off something

[ls7plus]

I purchased a 1910 PC796 (I believe that's the Burdick designation--its the only card in the set I have, and I don't have it in front of me) Walter Johnson from REA several years ago, which was accurately described as having a near-microscopic pinhole. The card had been in an album, and also had slight pressure indentations near two of the corners. SGC had graded it "fair." However, it presented to the naked eye as near mint, and I was delighted to acquire it. I imagine Jeff felt exactly the same re the Max Stein Cobb (beautiful card, Jeff!). Personally, to me, a small pinhole involves far less material loss than well-worn corners, and a card with the former is consequently more desirable than the latter (although eye appeal does vary with the card--I have a '35 Diamond Stars "Greenburg" error variation with worn corners, but is also perfectly centered and has no other defects, thereby affording it very nice eye appeal to this board member). Bottom line: a matter of individual taste.

Thought-provoking post.

Larry

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by ls7plus

Personally, to me, a small pinhole involves far less material loss than well-worn corners, and a card with the former is consequently more desirable than the latter ....

Larry

I agree with this completely.

[dog*dirt]

A small pin hole, especially on cabinet size cards does not bother me in the least.

[tschock]

Originally Posted by dog*dirt

I small pin hole, especially on cabinet size cards does not bother me in the least.

What's a pinhole anyway in the cabinet border when my socks have already been blown across the room due to the BLAZING colors?

SWEET cards!

[lug-nut]

Originally Posted by dog*dirt

I small pin hole, especially on cabinet size cards does not bother me in the least.

i really like that bescher, super small pin hole

[Leon]

I lean to the camp of preferring not having a hole or pinhole, if possible. And I will wait and/or pay substantially more for one without those issues. On very rare cards, I take what I can first and worry later . On most of the cards shown in this thread, with small pinholes, I barely see the holes at all. Some really great looking cards there...