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Old 09-26-2025, 10:29 AM
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I guess the bow tie really makes the centering pop!
"Amazing centering" lol.

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Old 09-26-2025, 11:07 AM
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You guys laugh, but the centering obsession is ridiculous enough these days that it’s an entirely reasonable thing to say in the listing. (The price, not so much.) Don’t mock the player, mock the game.
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Old 09-27-2025, 11:22 PM
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You guys laugh, but the centering obsession is ridiculous enough these days that it’s an entirely reasonable thing to say in the listing. (The price, not so much.) Don’t mock the player, mock the game.
Well, I’m not convinced that the slab does much for the centering, so moving it from one slab to the next shouldn’t impact whether the centering premium applies, or to what extent it should apply.

And as an added damning fact, this piece is in such rough shape that I don’t understand why someone would pay a premium for the centering. Just seems like you’re focused on the wrong stuff if you’re paying an elevated price for a card in really rough shape that happens to be moderately well centered.
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I'm hopeful that CGC can continue to gain footing - even if it's a longshot. The lack of competition in the grading space now that Collectors pretty much runs everything is defeating / not good for the hobby. PSA has been coasting with major issues for years, decades even - and they certainly have no incentive to change anything right now either. Grading as a part of the hobby isn't going away at this point, I'd just be happy if there was the occasional incentive for improvement or push for change that was more than just talk. That doesn't happen with Collectors only steering the ship.
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Whoever tried to remove the tape did a horrible job.
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Old 11-12-2025, 10:36 AM
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Whoever tried to remove the tape did a horrible job.
This card is like a bad penny at this point. After the $46.5K listing was pulled from eBay, it was flash-inserted in a Fanatics Collect auction, where it sold for $24.6K with BP.

It appears it was reacquired by the same seller who has already flipped it twice this year. It's listed for $32K.

When it sells, it will be the ninth time it was flipped since February... all after being removed from a CGC slab.
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Old 11-14-2025, 05:58 PM
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You guys laugh, but the centering obsession is ridiculous enough these days that it’s an entirely reasonable thing to say in the listing. (The price, not so much.) Don’t mock the player, mock the game.
I was laughing because it's not very well centered to me. When someone says a card is centered, I expect to see even borders all the way around, not a picture pushed off to the top right like that Mantle is.

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I was laughing because it's not very well centered to me. When someone says a card is centered, I expect to see even borders all the way around, not a picture pushed off to the top right like that Mantle is.

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I guess with 52T, we tend to grade centering on a curve. At least when we’re selling one!
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