Ticket stubs and creases

[icollectDCsports]

Depends on how bad the creasing is and how it looks overall. If you see one you like and need at a price you're happy with, then I wouldn't worry about it. There are other factors, too, such as wear to and boldness of the printing, where it was torn (and how much left), water damage, remnants of tape, etc. If you find it appealing on the whole, then go for it -- particularly for ones that may be hard to find. These things were torn, put into pockets, bounced around in junk drawers, etc.

[Scott Garner]

Great topic!
As a collector of vintage baseball tickets for 45 years, I would always prefer to find one with minimal creasing and damage, especially to the front of the ticket.
That being said, some tickets are so rare that finding ANY example is a major win.
If the ticket is not especially scarce and multiple examples exist, I would always recommend that you add the nicer example.
The major takeaway is you cannot go wrong buying quality.

I just think that having an exit plan is always smart.
A quality example will be much easier to resell if the time ever comes to sell, IMHO.

[mcgwirecom]

What Scott said ....

[keithsky]

I don't mind tickets with minor creases or very minor flaws especially ones from the early 1900's till say the 60s anything newer from say the 90s till now I prefer in as mint as I can find. I like the older ones with a little use just shows me that they were brought to the game and used for the game instead of mint looking tickets that possibly never left the box office and just stayed in a pile where they look like they were printed yesterday. It's just everybody's personal preference. I've had a half a dozen Ebbets Field last game tickets over the years ranging from all the way pretty beat up to super nice looking ones with no flaws at all and both have sold for about the same prices didn't hardly have any variation in price at all. Everybodys collecting habits are different not really any right or wrong way on condition of a ticket