Vintage card you need that, apparently, doesn't exist centered

[KangsKards]

1972 Topps Vida Blue, In Action.

It laughs at me. Openly. Then gets the attention of 1971 Boog Powell and they just have a grand time.

Yours?

[quitcrab]

71 Murcer
72 Aaron in Action

[commishbob]

73 Clemente. I normally don't care much if my cards are nicely centered but a guy at a show pointed out how off-center the Clemente I was buying was and I've been a bit obsessed with finding a nice one since.

[Frankish]

This thread hits too close to home. My life is one great miscut....

[packs]

1954 Red Heart Mantle. I'm a patient man. Too patient now that everything is expensive. But I might wait forever.

[hcv123]

1971 O Pee Chee Clemente

[JollyElm]

Ha ha, there is such an inherent problem with this thread. By posting the card you are seeking (and never finding), you are alerting everyone else to its scarcity, and as such, adding a whole new crop of people who will now be chasing after it and grabbing any one that eventually pops up before you can get your 'bidding paddle' ready...leaving you very, very sad, indeed. Been there too many times, so I shall remain mum about which ones I'm heavily pursuing.

As a near psychopath regarding trying to find certain centered 1972 cards, here are two mentioned in this thread that I submitted through one of Bobby's group subs. (And like everyone else assessing their own cards) I thought Hank should've gotten a higher mark...

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[Tere1071]

There are a number of 53 Bowman color singles that are very difficult to find centered on a consistent basis, or won't require a small fortune to purchase:

#48 Sauer
#68 Reynolds
#73 Pierce
#104 Easter
#119 Mitchell
#128 Lockman
#129 Meyer
#155 Clark

There are others, feel free to add to this list or disagree if your experience has been different.

Phil aka Tere1071

[Gorditadogg]

Here is my copy of a '57 Mantle. I watched Ebay for MONTHS, and various other places until I found one with the eye appeal I was looking for.

Nice!

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[JohnnyFinance7]

I've been looking for a centered 1951 Bowman Willie Mays for years. In fact, even the high grade cards that I've seen aren't centered 50/50. Am I looking for an unicorn?

[ZiggerZagger]

Originally Posted by JohnnyFinance7

I've been looking for a centered 1951 Bowman Willie Mays for years. In fact, even the high grade cards that I've seen aren't centered 50/50. Am I looking for an unicorn?

No, you're right. Super tough.
I looked for over 18 months several years ago. Finally got one, and then found a blazing raw one that was just as well-centered in a card shop weeks later! Couldn't pass it up.
The raw one now resides in this PSA 6 holder.

Just moved my spare with great reluctance two weeks ago to a fellow Board Member.
Went to a good cause, though -- helped to fund an E92 Wagner.

[Kutcher55]

The '57 Brooks Robinson is extremely hard to find centered.

The '79 Ozzie RC is all but impossible to find perfectly centered. I don't know that I have ever seen one that doesn't have at least some diamond tilt the left, even the "gem mint" ones.

[Kutcher55]

Here's my Gibson RC. It got a 7.5 subgrade for centering...

[IgnatiusJReilly]

Originally Posted by ZiggerZagger

No, you're right. Super tough.
I looked for over 18 months several years ago. Finally got one, and then found a blazing raw one that was just as well-centered in a card shop weeks later! Couldn't pass it up.
The raw one now resides in this PSA 6 holder.

Just moved my spare with great reluctance two weeks ago to a fellow Board Member.
Went to a good cause, though -- helped to fund an E92 Wagner.

Wow, those 52B Mays cards are outstanding. Color me envious!

[JollyElm]

These cards fly completely under the radar for almost everyone on the planet, but if you're attempting to complete a centered 1972 Topps set, well slap me on the ass and call me Marvelous Margie Maple!!! Fred Kendall and 'The Major' are always 'floor scrapers,' with the images basically falling off of the bottom borders with nothing but a hair sliver of white space visible there...but NOT today!! I lucked out!!!

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If you have a couple of minutes to waste, do a search on ebay for either card. Aside from the one Kendall graded PSA 9 with a huge BIN price, neither card can be found even close to being accurately centered while in nice shape.

[MattyC]

These were the ones for me, that when I found these copies I jumped for joy.

[jchcollins]

Any 1967 Topps card...


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[jchcollins]

Agree with whoever said the ‘71 Topps Munson. I’m not a centering freak, but I don’t like miscut cards. My LCS owner 2-3 years ago had like 4 different copies of that card and every damn one of them was miscut on one border or another. Eventually I got a decently centered PSA 5 off eBay.


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[JollyElm]

This one appeared in the B/S/T last year, and I jumped on it quicker than a meth addict could blink...

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The white 'damage' above the second 'E' is nothing more than a reflection of the crinkling of the plastic sleeve.

[bobsbbcards]

Made me look again.

[smellthegum]

Me too! This one came from Battersbox a couple of years ago. I couldn't have hit the BIN any faster.

My current nemesis is 67T #3 Duke Sims.