1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311

I'll say this: punches above its weight in eye appeal. Tilt-free, a major positive. General wear but I'll take that over tilt for aesthetics.

Surprisingly good eye appeal! Love how there is no tilt and his image is clean. Centering and the left border damage obviously factor in, with some toning/soiling throughout.

Image looks great, and the centering isn't perfect but better than a lot of other examples of this card. The damage on the left and upper left along with corner and edge wear cap this at a B for me but it presents well for what I'm sure is a low grade example.

The image and color look great. Not perfect centering but I'd rather have imperfect centering T/B than L/R. The damage on the left border does draw my eye. Luckily most of the damage is on the white where it doesn't look quite as bad. The damage holds it back from the "A" tiers but the rest of the card looks fantastic.

I am feeling this copy. The card has swagger. To me the damage and wear keep it from the highest tier but it certainly hits my eye so well it has to be second tier. Let the anonymous number grader at PSA hammer it for its technical wear, but aesthetically I can see looking at this in my wall case and being pleased to the B/B+ level.

This is an example of buy with your eyes and not the slab. Yes it has damage and toning from age. But to me the damage is in such a way as it is not distracting to the eye and the colors and image are solid. Would be proud to own this

This is such an interesting copy of "The Card." Kind of a textbook example of there being surprising eye appeal coexistent with damage. The number grade is impacted far more than the eye appeal because of where the problems are and how they land. I'm really impressed with this example and given what this icon costs these days, this is one of those high EyeQ+ examples that is a "buy" to me. The centering is above average because of the lack of tilt that so many have and the Mick and the blue are where the eyes go but not where the issues are.