1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle #253

The blurriness catches me off guard for an 8. I’d be looking for a perfectly centered and sharply focused copy at this price and grade.

Image And color are super strong on this example. Centering overall is off on this one. Otherwise it would merit a higher grade.

A click to the left and this is GT for me.

Any collector would love a high grade Mantle rookie, but the registration is off as is the centering both ways.

I like it. But it looks short.

This is a sharp vintage classic yet the centering is just too off for me to call the eye appeal higher than B+. On a horizontal card, I can live with low centering yet the sides need to be in the strike zone.

Great color but a little off centered

Snow White borders and deep blues definitely draw the eye in. Sadly so does a bit of blurry registration around Mick’s cap and the left right centering. Overall great looking card. As a focus and centering first collector it gets a strong B.

nice looking cad with nice borders has centering opportunities but not as noticeable as on vertical cards. Colors are sharp as is the image. Very Nice Looker Indeed(loses a little on the back top right corner and the centering)