1971 Topps Baseball Set Collectors- Card Centering Question

[jchcollins]

Phil - nice cards no matter the centering.

My high number Dick Allen is centered decently enough, but has a weird rough cut at the top. I actually kind of like it.

[Tere1071]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

Phil - nice cards no matter the centering.

My high number Dick Allen is centered decently enough, but has a weird rough cut at the top. I actually kind of like it.

Your Allen is very, very nice. I'd be satisfied with it in my set.

Phil aka Tere1071

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by Tere1071

Your Allen is very, very nice. I'd be satisfied with it in my set.

Phil aka Tere1071

Thanks. Oddly enough, the one that came with the set I purchased a few years ago is badly undersized - not sure if it's outright trimmed or what. The one pictured is one I had from before that.

[Tere1071]

I'm not going to post more images, but here's a few more that I've had difficulty finding reasonably well-centered, not a bank breaker and in ex-mint condition:

#9 George Scott
#20 Reggie Jackson
#57 Von Joshua
#129 Aurelio Monteagudo
#131 Curt Blefary
#133 Mickey Lolich
#154 Cesar Gutierrez
#170 Mike Cuellar
#187 Ted Abernathy
#246 Tony Taylor
#258 Dick Green
#261 Darold Knowles
#280 Ferguson Jenkins
#314 Jeff Torborg
#329 World Series #3
#344 Ellie Rodriguez
#350 Billy Williams
#351 Jim Shellenback
#365 Bob Johnson
#377 Greg Garrett
#382 Jake Gibbs
#384 Rollie Fingers
#385 Maury Wills
#392 Grant Jackson
#398 Howie Reed
#409 Don Pavletich
#418 Adolfo Phillips
#440 Bert Campaneris
#451 Joe Keough
#455 Don Kessinger
#459 Jim Lefebvre
#488 Jerry Stephenson
#502 Cubs Team
#537 Tom Egan
#542 Bob Miller
#544 Vida Blue
#552 Buddy Bradford
#561 Syd O'Brien
#568 Sal Campisi
#585 Willie Davis
#599 Norm Cash
#615 Jim Stottlemyer
#623 Pat Jarvis
#644 Jim Stewart
#646 Bobby Floyd
#649 Sparky Lyle
#677 Jack DiLauro
#681 Bill Butler
#705 Dick Selma
#719 Jerry May
#725 Garry Gentry
#727 Ray Lamb
#729 Dick Billings
#734 Rob Gardner
#735 Mike Shannon

A few of these I have been able to obtain without too much difficulty or cost. eBay has been my main resource for assembling this set to begin with along with the upgrades, which is why I bring up the cost and the wide-ranging interpretations of what constitutes an unslabbed ex-mint or better card. I will upgrade the Ryan and Reggie Jackson someday, the rest...I'm not sure. When I purchased 1971s from the corner liquor store at 10 cents a pack as a nine-year old, none of this mattered.

Phil aka Tere1071

[deweyinthehall]

Is it me, or does the '71 Dick Allen look like his image is cropped all around and placed on that background? It has a weird look to it.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by deweyinthehall

Is it me, or does the '71 Dick Allen look like his image is cropped all around and placed on that background? It has a weird look to it.

The card is definitely curious. He has just clubbed the photographer and is looming over his body (a piece of the victim's crumpled knee exposes this truth).

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

The card is definitely curious. He has just clubbed the photographer and is looming over his body (a piece of the victim's crumpled knee exposes this truth).

I love this card. Especially considering the 1970 and '72 Topps are the same, bad picture used specifically not to show the cap logo. At least Topps got a real pic of him as a Dodger...