Opinions on Card Condition

[SportsCardsOakville]

Hello fellow sports card fans. I am new to this site, this being my first post, but I am hoping some of you will be able to provide me with some of your personal opinions. I am a huge Toronto Raptors fan and have been trying to buy all of Kyle Lowry's 2013-14 Panini Flawless basketball patch auto cards. Recently one of the gold variations has popped up on eBay and after speaking with the seller he offered me a pretty solid deal. While inspecting the photos of the card I noticed a white spot of the gold foil surrounding the patch. I have no plans on ever selling the card, but just for peace of mind I would like to know how much you think this ding would devalue the card and if you yourselves would still purchase it. Any feedback is greatly appreciated, cheers!

[87hokie]

Based on the uniqueness of the card - even submitting it back to Panini could result in a different swatch being in the card...

IMO - the chips shown may be a fairly common (though undesirable) problem with the diecutting of the cards - because the "frame" of the jersey has points these kind of become a "target" for snags both in packaging at the factory and by a collector putting one in sleeves or pages.

That being said being a White uniform swatch with a chip showing white could be a point in your favor as far as less noticeable.

Since you are pursuing all variations - if I was pursuing the same goal I would likely "have to have it" would I mention the flaw to the seller - sure - would I let is break the deal - probably not.