How important is centering to you

[brianp-beme]

For PreWW2 cards, centering is not much of a consideration. When being picky, good registration and great color are the two qualities that are at the top of my list, and I definitely dislike any surface damage/creasing etc. to the player's face. These E90-1 cards are good examples of what would certainly pass my physical exam, centered or not.

Brian

[conor912]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

For PreWW2 cards, centering is not much of a consideration. When being picky, good registration and great color are the two qualities that are at the top of my list, and I definitely dislike any surface damage/creasing etc. to the player's face. These E90-1 cards are good examples of what would certainly pass my physical exam, centered or not.

Brian

+1

Depends on the era.

[JollyElm]

564. Centerrifical Force
The way your eyes immediately tell you if a card is rightfully centered enough for you personally, independent of what other collectors or TPGs may think.

Seemingly 90% of the graded cards (post-war) I buy have OC qualifiers, but the vast majority of those are ones than no 'normal' collector would've called off-centered in the days before TPGs ruined () everything. If a card looks decently centered enough to my eye, and I can get it at a low price, I jump.
(All of this is thrown out the window with the 1972 Topps set, though, because I hope to assemble a nice one as close to perfectly centered as possible.)