1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311

I really do want to go higher, because everything else looks gem, and any top level badge for a 52 Mantle is great BUT that tilt is really aggressive on the eye. Along with fisheyes, tilt is in my opinion the main thing that we can sometimes see on otherwise technically high end cards, that really can lower the eye appeal. Something about an image being framed crooked is even worse to me than uneven border sizes.

If only for the tilt it would be god tier, really beautiful card.

If this was a little to the left it would be perfect. Hard to find a better 52 mantle than this....

The tilt just cannot be unseen, and caps the eye appeal for me. Put a subtle wrinkle on the back of this card and fix that tilt, and it is God Tier eye appeal. Plus: it's then a 3 and much cheaper! Prettier & cheaper = better.

Image and color are as good as you're going to get. I'm a centering guy so that tilt would always irk me when I look at it.

The color, image, white borders, and sharp corners all look amazing. At this level though I would want better centering.

This card is God Tier for me. Everything jumps off the page for the right reasons and satisfies my hunger. Yes some might say centering if you really want to nit pick. But to me the nice size borders and the cleanliness and the centering is more than enough when you add in the sharp colors and strong image and the pure satisfaction I get just looking at it Fills me up and satisfied my hunger Great card