1951 Bowman Willie Mays #305

The problem for me on this card is that my eyes ping pong from the perfeclt focused image to that very commanding print dot on his name. If that flaw's volume was turned down just a bit, the eye appeal would be higher. But for me, there can be one flaw that is glaring enough where it hurts eye appeal more than a few subtler flaws would.

Centering is a little off top to bottom, but is still better than most examples of this card. The print defects in the black box would bother me a little. the color and image look good and the card presents nice overall.

I like the image but the blemish in the name box draws my attention too much.

I like the colors and focused image. The centering is a bit high and the black name box has imperfections that draw my eye.

to start I look at the back but am not big on them unless the issues are very noticeable. In this case the back has some noticeable opportunities that does hold the grade back. The front has solid colors and a strong image and the left/right centering is very nice. Top/Bottom not as good but still ok. the damage to the surface just above the name is really noticeable to me but at least it is not effecting the main image