Importance of card registraion

[ChiefBenderForever]

It doesn't seem to effect the overall grade very much at all, just the price. Nobody likes a blurry card that makes you feel like you need 3-d glasses to wear to see the image.

[abrahamrudy]

Originally Posted by JohnnyHarmonica

It doesn't seem to effect the overall grade very much at all, just the price. Nobody likes a blurry card that makes you feel like you need 3-d glasses to wear to see the image.

Haha nice metaphor.

[fkw]

If its slightly off registered then it loses value. If its very off registered, then its worth a bit more by the error collectors.

example

[ThoseBackPages]

Great Topic!

do you happen to have a scan of the mantle? $60 seems like a great price imo,
and id like to see how off it is.

[JasonL]

registration is one of my most important criteria when deciding on a purchase. Off-register T206 cards irritate me to no end - I can't enjoy looking at the card, so what good is it? I pass up several ebay auctions because I can't tell if the scan stinks or the card is off-registered...I try to make some judgement call based on the slab's flip lettering, but if it's too close to call, I will go on to the next one. Learned my lesson on a 75 Yount rookie that was PSA 8+ in every way, but got it delivered to find that it looked like a 3-D freakshow...and with the 75 borders, that is quite a tough card to stare at...
To further answer the question...it affects price negatively, but for me, I won't even buy them at a discount...why bother?

[mintacular]

It took me a few years to consider registration on an equal playing field corners, surface, centering and the like. However, I recently bought a 100% focused '57 Clemente lately and it brought to light what was "wrong" with my other one. Registration is now an essential component to a card with "eye appeal" in my book. My only problem is that I have go back thru my '57s and replace all the blurry cards with sharp corners BTW--Does anyone know when Topps corrected this issue? And also, which set do you think suffers the most from this flaw in vintage cards? '57 is my vote...

[ChiefBenderForever]

I don't think it was corrected until they wen't to plastic cards, which don't seem to have any blur issues. The 87 Topps were absolutely horrendus with blur and color issues, the 85 had a lot as well. Some years seem to not have any issues. The 62 Lou Brock seems to have major registration problems on many of them. I once bought a 58 Topps Mantle PSA7 for 650.00 and thought I got a great deal until I noticed how off register it was, luckily the seller had a return policy, his teeth looked so bucked it was unbearable to look at and his ear looked like it was ringing.

[abrahamrudy]

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

Great Topic!

do you happen to have a scan of the mantle? $60 seems like a great price imo,
and id like to see how off it is.

Here's the pic from the ebay auction. I have the card and, in my opinion, the surface looks a bit cleaner than it does in that pic, but if you notice the corners, that'll explain the price. But you can get a glimpse of the registration from the name, where a bit of the blue ink covers the white. Also, his left eyebrow looks like a blue unibrow.

[ThoseBackPages]

i certainly see what your saying looking at his nameplate.

Slightly off topic a bit, a thing that REALLY irks me are,
and im not sure this is the right term, but when a card is
"diamond cut". This is a huge issue with the '75 set.

this is an eBay listing that i would have hit the BIN on,
if not for the diamond cut



i know that the card in the slab is tilted, but so is the cut of the card iunfortunately

[abrahamrudy]

I hear what you're saying. I have a beautiful 52 topps Jerry Coleman with the same issue. The card is pristine, except that when you look at it, you feel like something's off. It took me a while before I actually realized what it was.