I can’t wrap my head around this 51 Bowman Mantle and Mays
maddux69
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I saw these at the National and can’t figure out how they doctored the cards to cut out part of the image but still keep the borders?!
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On the Mantle it looks like those are holes from push pins / thumb tacks to me (along with the drawn in borders, etc.).
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There was a whole set. I talked to the seller and the kid was angry in the 50s that the 51 didn't match his other bowmans so he meticulously drew in the lines and shortened them.
These have been listed on eBay for a few months now and they seem to generate threads on the various forums for their uniqueness. I also stumbled on them at the National and had to at least check them out in person. A little bit of baseball card folk art in a way, but a bit overpriced, in my opinion.
To answer the OP's question, the borders were likely just drawn in with a magic marker and a ruler.
Looks like some careful eraser work and hand drawn borders.
Arthur