1960 Topps baseball centering

[Gorditadogg]

Nice Brooksie Darren.

So as to the centering on 60 Topps, I bought some cards here a few years ago from a seller who had 3 sets for sale: 58T, 59T and 60T. He advertised all 3 sets as well-centered.

After a couple weeks the sets were still available and I asked if he would sell individual cards. Over time he sent pics of all the cards and I bought all the ones I thought were 50/50 centered.

I went back and checked and I bought 88 58Ts, 85 59Ts and 85 60Ts. So my experience is that centered 60Ts are not that tough, they are just the same as other sets (and easier than 57T I think). What am I missing?

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[jchcollins]

To me, it's much easier to find decently centered 50's cards (the '56 Topps set is a good example...) than anything 1960 or later. I tend to throw them all into the same bucket, though I'm sure each set has its own quirks and idiosyncrasies. I know for all the vintage sets I'm currently working on (right now mainly '67 and '72 Topps) both centering and tilt / diamond cut issues are a huge problem.

My '67 Brooks isn't centered great, but the image is nice and moderate OC has never bothered me anyway. I overpaid simply because I decided I had to have this card at about the height of the bubble back in 2020: