1911 M116 Sporting Life Ty Cobb

I enlarge, I tilt back in my chair to approximate real-life viewing distance if I owned it or was holding it to consider buying it, and I say A++. Pretty simple reaction to record here.

Stunning copy. The tilt is somewhat severe and does hold this back from GT, but not from being a jaw dropping example of a historic card.

What's the flaw here? Back centering? Oh no!

Slight off centering brings this beauty out of god tier.

All I Can see is the Colors and the Bright Clean Borders. This is an amazing looking Card

The colors leap off this card with rare vibrancy, and the background glows behind a perfectly crisp player image. Print registration is flawless, the white borders enhance its brilliance, and the cut is impressively sharp for its age. The centering is the lone imperfection, keeping it just shy of God Tier, but it remains an extraordinary example from 1910–1911.

If the slight sway to the side borders, which is visible at the bottom end of the card, was not there, this would be GT for me. There is really nothing here that nags at my eye and dampens the visual enjoyment.

Very mild side centering visible at the bottom of the card is all I can cite that takes it down. Beautiful card.

This cut is pretty bad.

I'm trying to comprehend this. Serious eye appeal perfection here and a card that makes buying a higher 3rd party graded specimen seem like high order folly.