how bad is it to have a pin hole?

[the 'stache]

Pin holes add personality to a card. That Jackson is beautiful, and the pinhole tells me that somebody proudly displayed and loved the card.

"Mint" is nice, but after a while, when fretting over the semantics of "mint", "near-mint", "pristine", etc, the reason behind collecting them in the first place gets lost. Baseball cards are meant to be handled, and enjoyed. And how much are we really enjoying them behind plastic slabs, and stuck away in a bank vault?

I've been seriously rethinking this whole graded card thing.

[Vintagevault13]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

Pin holes add personality to a card. That Jackson is beautiful, and the pinhole tells me that somebody proudly displayed and loved the card.

"Mint" is nice, but after a while, when fretting over the semantics of "mint", "near-mint", "pristine", etc, the reason behind collecting them in the first place gets lost. Baseball cards are meant to be handled, and enjoyed. And how much are we really enjoying them behind plastic slabs, and stuck away in a bank vault?

I've been seriously rethinking this whole graded card thing.

Amen! Having the same thoughts.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

Pin holes add personality to a card. That Jackson is beautiful, and the pinhole tells me that somebody proudly displayed and loved the card.

This is more or less how i have come to see it. If someone 100 years thought something was cool enough to tack to their wall, then I am proud to own it.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

I've been seriously rethinking this whole graded card thing.

This, too.

[terjung]

The pinhole doesn't bother me on this one.

[vwtdi]

Wouldn't me either Brian, or on this one.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by terjung

The pinhole doesn't bother me on this one.

with pinhole 1x cost....without pinhole 2x-4x of that. Gimme the pinhole!!

Great looking card my friend.

[ValKehl]

One best not be choosy when one has the opportunity to obtain a scarce type card, especially one of a player on Washington's 1924 World Series Championship team, which is another one of my collecting focuses.
Val

[Luke]

It's cool to see your Washington collection Val. Thanks for posting. Makes me wish my city (Seattle) had a longer history of big league ball.

[ValKehl]

Luke, thanks for the kind words. Yes, Washington has a relatively long, albeit not very successful, history of MLB. But, during the prime years of my life, we were without a team - oh, how that hurt! Try as I might during those empty years to embrace the Balmer Orioles, I just couldn't, especially because the O's owner seemed to be doing all that he could behind the scene to keep Washington from getting another team.
Val

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by LukeLyon

It's cool to see your Washington collection Val. Thanks for posting. Makes me wish my city (Seattle) had a longer history of big league ball.

I feel you. I am a Rays fan.