1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311

At first glance this card looks incredible. Great color, centered better than most, strong corners. But the pinhole at the top and crease at the bottom lower the grade slightly. Can't ask for much better at this level though, punching above it's weight for sure.

The tilt is the only thing that holds it back from god tier. I love a pinhole like this. Not distracting, tells a story. What a beauty of a card.

My kind of card, I'll take the pinhole all day for this version.

The pinhole grabs my eye in a distracting way; the subtle wrinkles do not. I know my way around wrinkles like that, and I would bet the farm they essentially vanish at a normal viewing distance, and only pop out when viewed at a certain angle. The all-important blue background here is fantastically preserved, the centering, white borders, it all comes together really well.

The scuff mark at the top in the border jumps and once you notice the crease through the middle, it is hard to un-notice it. Leaned to a B- since the eye appeal remains stronger from a distance.

great looking card from the colors to the borders to the edges. But that pin hole sticks out to much and is to noticeable to me. If it was somewhere else less noticeable would have been stronger eye appeal(ie in the black inner border