Lets see your best centered 52 Topps cards.

[irv]

Originally Posted by Gorditadogg

Dale, I like your Yogi. David, that is a nice Erskine.

Here are some that I have.

Thanks, Gord.
Still can't believe I got that card for what I did. I hoped to win it reasonably priced but I thought, due the centering, that was wishful thinking. But thankfully for me I must have won it with not a lot of eyes on it?
Your cards sure are sweet as far as centering goes. IIRC, the Garagiola card is also rather tough card to find centered like yours.

That Erskine of David's is real nice. A pretty tough card to find centered like that for sure!

One thing I've noticed, and maybe I'm off here, but it seems to me Luke Easter's card is the only card in the set that has the thinnest side borders?
Pretty tough card to find centered at times and, imo, it is due to this fact.

[savedfrommyspokes]

Here are a few of my better centered highs:

[skelly423]

Hey Dale, I’m not sure if I’m the guy you’re thinking of or not, but I’ve posted here before about chasing centered 1952 Topps. I’m a long way from done, but I’m up to 130 or so. Here are a few random highlights

[Tom S.]

Originally Posted by skelly423

Hey Dale, I’m not sure if I’m the guy you’re thinking of or not, but I’ve posted here before about chasing centered 1952 Topps. I’m a long way from done, but I’m up to 130 or so. Here are a few random highlights

Sean, you were the one that I thought of when Dale initially brought it up. Congrats on getting as far as you have with your set!

I'm also working on building a centered 52 Topps set myself - here's a few of mine:

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[skelly423]

Originally Posted by irv

One thing I've noticed, and maybe I'm off here, but it seems to me Luke Easter's card is the only card in the set that has the thinnest side borders?
Pretty tough card to find centered at times and, imo, it is due to this fact.

As a general rule of thumb, the third series has the narrowest borders and is tough to find centered. There are select cards in the first series that are tricky too, and a few scattered cards in other series that are tough on centering, but for me the third is the toughest.

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by skelly423

As a general rule of thumb, the third series has the narrowest borders and is tough to find centered. There are select cards in the first series that are tricky too, and a few scattered cards in other series that are tough on centering, but for me the third is the toughest.

If that's 130-190, I agree. Most of those cards are very tough to find centered, I have very few.

P.S. That might be the nicest Pafko I've seen.

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[skelly423]

Thank you Al, the Pafko is a special card. And you’re right, 131-190 is the third series. It’s a challenge to put it charitably.

[irv]

Originally Posted by skelly423

As a general rule of thumb, the third series has the narrowest borders and is tough to find centered. There are select cards in the first series that are tricky too, and a few scattered cards in other series that are tough on centering, but for me the third is the toughest.

I believe you're the guy, Skelly, I was thinking of.

Glad to see you are off to a great start with those great looking centered cards. Certainly not easy to come by as you likely know all to well now.

And yes, as Gord, mentioned, that is one heck of a Pafko card!
Congrats on your pick ups so far.

Great looking centered cards too, Larry.
Thanks for sharing.

[bnorth]

My favorite card in the set. Sadly it is no longer mine. It is one of the very few cards I regret getting rid of.

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by bnorth

My favorite card in the set. Sadly it is no longer mine. It is one of the very few cards I regret getting rid of.

I wouldn't sweat it, Ben. It's a little thin on the bottom.

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