1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle #253

The eye appeal somehow winds up better than I would think when just listing the flaws. Stays in the second tier for me.

I'd be happy with it. It's not all that, but it's not far from it either. Maybe like Mickey on Monday after a particularly brutal weekend bender.

Centering and registration are the main issues. Also some surface marks and white spots in the black box and top border. Overall still a decent looking Mantle RC.

overall the card presents well enough. IT has opportunities from the centering, to the border sizes, to surface wear but the main image is the key and it is not negatively impacted

Main thing for me is his face is slightly out of focus and the centering. Also some other minor surface stuff going on.

Luckily there is not one major flaw that grabs me and does not let go, aside from centering. The clean image of Mantle concedes some focus blur. Centering and some white in the nameplate area are flaws that do impact eye appeal, alongside the mark under his bat on the right.

The image looks a bit out of focus and the centering is off. Black name box has surface wear.