Heritage calls this “perfect registration”?

[Lucas00]

Definitely not even close to perfect.
But I would be more curious about the red lines/ink marks on the back. Is that common for the set? If not this card is way over-graded.

[raulus]

Doesn’t matter. PSA says it’s an 8.

Plus…bonus sticker!

[gst6]

Originally Posted by raulus

Doesn’t matter. PSA says it’s an 8.

Plus…bonus sticker!

"Yo dawg, we put a sticker on your slab so you can grade while you grade."

[JackR]

What the… “For U. S. Caramel enthusiasts, an exchange offer of a complete sets of cards for a baseball and a fielder's glove in exchange for three complete sets is the fuel of collecting nightmares nine decades later.”

[BioCRN]

Originally Posted by JackR

What the… “For U. S. Caramel enthusiasts, an exchange offer of a complete sets of cards for a baseball and a fielder's glove in exchange for three complete sets is the fuel of collecting nightmares nine decades later.”

Like many other sets, completing the task to turn in for the prizes is nearly impossible because of the distribution or printing of certain card(s).

Pretty sure the Freddie "Charlie" Lindstrom card is the hard to obtain one for this set.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by JackR

What the… “For U. S. Caramel enthusiasts, an exchange offer of a complete sets of cards for a baseball and a fielder's glove in exchange for three complete sets is the fuel of collecting nightmares nine decades later.”

a) An intern wrote the item description (and they're clearly NOT an English major)

b) The person proofreading this description was drunk at their desk

c) AI

[Bill77]

With grades like those there might be some hope for my Abe Attell, which looks great with 3D glasses.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

That Attell gives a new meaning to the nickname Four Eyes

[CardPadre]

Originally Posted by Lucas00

Definitely not even close to perfect.
But I would be more curious about the red lines/ink marks on the back. Is that common for the set? If not this card is way over-graded.

Looks like it’s bleed-through from the front. That one curved red line corresponds with his shoulder outline it seems.

[Spike]

Originally Posted by CardPadre

Looks like it’s bleed-through from the front. That one curved red line corresponds with his shoulder outline it seems.

I can also see stacking the fresh sheets on each other, with front ink transferred from another Gehrig sitting under this one. Worth calling out, either way!

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by CardPadre

Looks like it’s bleed-through from the front. That one curved red line corresponds with his shoulder outline it seems.

I'm not saying they don't exist. I'm just saying I've never see a card with "bleed through" It's almost always either a wet sheet transfer or a wet cylinder transfer.

Now Cracker jacks are fairly flimsy, so I guess there's some kind of slight chance, but think of old books with illustrations. That's just paper. Ever see an illustration "bleed through"

When it comes to Goudey it gets a little absurd, those things are thick and heavy, printer's ink is NEVER penetrating all the way through that card. Hell I bet you'd have to sit there with a Sharpie in one spot for a LONG time before it soaked through.

[perezfan]

What a joke. The TPGs place such a huge emphasis on centering but rarely if ever punish the card for bad focus/registration.

To me, the latter is much more important... both are traits that are original to the card's original production, but the image itself should be considered more important than the centering. Just another of many reasons that grading is a scam.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by perezfan

What a joke. The TPGs place such a huge emphasis on centering...

As I've written several times before, in other threads:

The centering of a card is the one thing we can clearly determine without the "expert" opinions of third party grading companies. The fact that they place so much emphasis on that one attribute makes very little sense.

[refz]

Wow..
I’d rather have that 4 or A all day over that 8. Appeal means a lot!