Football Card Grading
Modern football grading is dominated by rookie-year Panini Prizm and Donruss Optic cards of star quarterbacks. Vintage Topps football — especially the 1957 through 1970s runs — grades out very tough on centering.
What graders look for on football cards
Look for chipping on Prizm-stock edges and print lines on the glossy surface. Centering tolerances on vintage football were notoriously loose at the factory.
Card-by-card grading guides
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