Does high eye appeal just mean undergraded?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 พ.ย. 2024
- In this video, I pose the question of whether or not the term high eye appeal is interchangeable with undergraded? I explain what I consider high appeal and ask you what makes a card a high in eye appeal. I also provide examples of what I consider high appeal cards and some that have a lower eye appeal.
You always do an awesome job with your videos Billy!! Great topic, discussion and presentation!! Eye appeal to me is any distraction to the image of the card. Enjoy your down to earth dialogue!!
Thank you, Ken! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Another great topic. It’s weird, but I agree with you on centering left to right being more important than top to bottom. I also agree with you about color and registration, I prefer the card to “pop” when I look at it. Keep up the great videos.
Thanks Redneck! It's much appreciated! Have a great weekend.
Great topic Bill!
I think it is a combination of picture/registration,coloring and centering that make high eye appeal for me.
I think with cards that have great eye appeal you can make a case for the card being under graded. The Banks and Brooks could have both graded higher in my opinion.
Enjoyed last nights live stream.
Hope you have a great Labor Day Weekend.
Thanks, Steve! It's much appreciated! I hope you have an awesome Labor Day as well. Thanks, my friend.
As someone who started collecting cards in 1969/1970, I always have enjoyed my cards raw and not slabbed. So for me, I tend to look at a card before 1980 and think what do my cards look like because I enjoyed my cards as a youth. So I don’t mind soft corners and a little wear on them but I think the important thing for me is centering and I don’t like rounded corners. We have to remember these things are cards and kids played with them- and so did I! Keep up the good content! Greg from Ohio
@user-id8vv4lw2l Great point, Greg! I definitely played with mine as a kid, and most of the ones I have from back then are in pretty rough shape. I didn't get to start putting them in toploader or penny sleeves until around 89. I also could get very many of them, so only the best cards went into them. They also PCSed all around the country with me as well!
Ya Billy. You are right on here. With vintage, great eye appeal is undergraded. There is no doubt. Technical grading and eye appeal are two different things, but they should be closer to the same.
@@brentrichardsbaseballcards Thanks Brent. It ties in with buy the card not the grade. I look to buy cards that I feel are undergraded. They jump out at me!
What appeals to me most in vintage cards is the centering and then Image quality. Corners aren’t that important. Now, for modern cards, I have to have sharp corners. For autographs, I like clean almost plain cards. Cards that aren’t too busy and distract from the auto. Awesome video my friend.
@backtothecardboard It seems as though we have a similar preference in cards. I don't have a lot of autographed cards, so I've really really thought about what kind of cards to get autographed. What you said makes sense for sure. You want a card that's going to showcase the autograph. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Helllll yaaa. I congratulated you earlier for the hank Aaron. I love color. I can handle not so great centering (not horrible) and ‘soft’ corners but to me is registration…. Surface is not really up there on my list as long as it’s not card loss in the major parts of the picture.
@studfieldmouse1369 Thanks again, my friend! Do you find that your tolerance for "flaws" in cards change based on age or price of the card? For example, would you be as picky with a card from the 30s as one from the 50s or 60s?
You know what’s funny is I was just coming back to discuss just that. I just spent about $50 for a card with a huge crease right across the sweet spot of the card. It’s a 1911 t205 with really great color. I’m fine with that since it’s over 100 years old.
And for the life of me I can’t get the picture to send.
@studfieldmouse1369 I'm the same way. If it's a really old card that's in really good condition, it almost doesn't seem right to me. Also, a really expensive card like the Aaron will make me consider things I normally wouldn't. Usually I wouldn't look for a 2 in cards from the 50s. I would usually want a 5 or 6 but I can't afford that card in a 5 or 6.
@@studfieldmouse1369 You can email it to me if you want. The email is in my channel description.
Hi Billy. So glad that those Griffey Jr. cards found their forever home. Thanks so much for the kind words. I will never get tired of seeing that Aaron rookie card. It is a beauty, regardless of the number. There are so many variables to consider when discussing this wide range topic and you did an excellent job in saying them all. Those were some beautiful cards you showed, all were dynamite. Thanks for a very entertaining video and topic. Talk soon my friend.
@RipFan8 Thank you very much, Stephen. And thanks for sending those amazing cards to me. It's definitely a big topic and very subjective, like I said. Thanks again, my friend!
I think you pretty much summed it up. It's really in the eye of the beholder. You could argue that when anyone gets a graded card they think is under-graded, it pretty much automatically has high eye appeal for that person! Obviously unless it's just a gap-filler they always intended to replace one day. Great breakdown! Also, I wanted to thank you for your response to the semi-rigid video and the amazing, in depth analysis... Plus the shout-outs! I have not been able to access my comments for almost 2 weeks so I apologize for not acknowledging the VR/shout-outs sooner my friend!
No problem, Ben! I appreciate you watching and commenting!
@@billyballgamesportscards You bet!
That Hank rookie is so damn nice! I like em centered too 👊
@SplendidSports Thanks, Adam! Much appreciated! I'm definitely a centering snob. Not at the same level as Dylan, I don't think, but pretty bad.
Gave a video like. What matters to me with eye appeal is card specific. All depends on the card as to what I'm looking for. Bottom line is the card has to speak to me to make its way into my collection. Nice topic!
@Hodges1455 Thanks, Brian! Great point. It definitely varies for me also, but the biggest thing I look for is centering. It has to speak to me as well. Love that! Thanks again.
Great video and good subject matter. For me centering and registration are the most important. For affordability soft corners are ok.
@danielbernier6095 Me too, Dan. For the grade ranges, I look for a soft corner, or 2 is pretty much guaranteed. Thanks, my friend.
Good conversation. Fun topic.
Thanks, Graig!
Great discussion, Bill! I don’t have a huge budget, so eye appeal is everything. Color and registration are top priority. Also, I’m flexible on centering but the card cannot look MC. For me, it all comes down to how I feel when I’m looking at the card. There’s that little voice that tells you this is the one lol. Take care!
@@RobCashCards Yes! I completely agree with the little voice! That's why I'm a believer that sometimes the card finds you! Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@billyballgamesportscards I’m definitely a big believer that the card will find you! Have a great day!
Great video so far Billy. I myself have never argued my cards are undergraded. I always assume the grading companys did there job well enough to use there technical scoring. I think for the most part say one of my nice PSA 4 s just as an example is graded correctly. all I argue is that a great looking card has zero to do with the number on the slab,but what does the card look like to your eyes. If its an amazing example in any grade than thats what I call good eye appeal. Ok let me continue watching 😂😂
@DoubleDvintagebaseballcards Good point, Dylan. I refer to "undergraded" cards quite a bit. In hindsight, maybe my Aaron wasn't the best example to use there because I think a technical grade of a 2 is pretty accurate for that card. It could possibly go to a 2.5, but I think a 3 would be a stretch. In my opinion, there are enough inconsistencies from the grading companies that cards do get undergraded. I completely get your point, but I may have to disagree slightly, though. It's definitely good food for thought, and I could be swayed in my opinion.🤣 Thanks for watching and commenting. I hope you enjoy the rest of the video. I tend to ramble!
Eye appeal is how you sell a card for more than it’s worth. Yeah, the corners are fried, there’s glue on the back, there’s a crease through his face, but look how centered it is!
@cineM4RL 🤣 A lot of the faults you mentioned describe a card to me with no eye appeal. To me, eye appeal is about more than centering! Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@billyballgamesportscards I’m obviously joking, and I’m glad you took it that way. But there is a kernel of truth in there. 😇
@@cineM4RL There is definitely truth to it!
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