How do you calculate the centering for grading purposes?

[gamboooler]

Say a card is 750 pixels across in a scan... I can see that there's 46 pixels between the edge of the card and the border around the player picture on one side and 29 pixels between on the other. So the card would be 17 pixels o/c making it 392/358 and 52.3/47.7. Am I doing this right?

[Jenkinssssss]

does it look 52% / 48% to you? think of it that way. that's the longest way ever to write 46 and 29 haha.

the centering would be Left = 46 / (46+29) and Right = 29 / (46+29),

or 61.3 % / 38.3%. BGS 8 territory.

Even eyeballing you can easily tell when one side is 1.5 times the size of the other.

[messier2]

You are doing this waaaaaaay too hard! Look at the card and use your eyes to judge centering. If it looks centered, submit it. If it doesn't then don't.

Believe me, you will skip out on submitting cards that can be 9.5 because you were so paranoid about the centering being off ...01 or whatever.

[auctionjmm]

What about "surface"? I've noticed it is extremely rare to find a chrome card without at least a minor surface scratch under light. How much surface damage can there really be to still earn a 9.5? I too am wondering if I am being too tough on my cards as I've only kept 2 or 3 that looked pristine to me. Maybe I am cheating myself by not keeping any more to submit. I've never actually submitted before but I have a flawless Gerrit Cole blue auto that I think has a great shot at a 9.5 or 10 so I am wondering now.