October Pickups

[mintacular]

Nice pick-up, here's mine centered as you asked:

[jb67]

Very nice centering on the 57 Mays Patrick. That is exactly what I have been looking for. I will keep looking and upgrade when I find the right one. Thanks for sharing.

[MattyC]

Could not resist centering...

[jthorst75]

[QUOTE=MattyC;1332489]Could not resist centering...

Geez Matt, looks like your cards are more OCD than you are. That is Off Centering Deficient to be exact. Nice pickups!

[MattyC]

Thx-- I compared that 6.5 Mick to the centering of every 7 on VCP and it won me over.

Now was that Aaron RC 4 up above posted by JB added late? I cannot believe I missed that card on the bay! Awesome pickup, bro. Maybe 1 in every 20 Aarons have borders balanced like that.

And both 57 Mays' are strong, but man that second one has got to be the top .000001% of centered examples of that card.

[pawpawdiv9]

i agree with the Hank Aaron..nice, maybe the bottom left corner was not as sharp, Still take it any day.. Its as nice as mine. Congrats on the new addition.

@MattyC: well i missed out on last nights auction H&S and got outbidded after dark.
I see you like 707, was a nice Mantle grab there, but doesnt he have a premium price on his merchadise? I looked pass his stuff on Ebay all the time. Nice items he has.
I guess you didnt like my SGC60 i have for sell, i gotta sell my stuff to buy new stuff. Needless to say, window shopping is free, just controlling my ooh and ahh's.

[MattyC]

Levi has a premium for sure, but when the card truly merits it, I have no problem buying it. For example, the 6.5 Mick 1962 ran me higher than any 6.5, but still less than what 7s cost-- and it looked better than all the 7s I could find. That's when I am okay pulling the trigger. Of course would rather win it for less at auction, where most people shop by VCP grid like it's The Bible. That's when you can pay less of a premium, as opposed to when a collector or dealer knows what he has and doesn't have to sell, unless they get the premium they feel the card deserves.

I gotta say that aside from amazing service, communication, and just being nice to talk to about cards and stuff, the cards I've gotten from Levi are all specimens where the centering simply cannot be improved. For someone who looks at his cards for enjoyment as much as I do, I gotta have that even framing-- plus I just love the rarity of a centered card as compared to all the other copies of it out there.