The new trend in modern set collecting - "non-cards"

onegaucho

Get it while it lasts... "non-cards"... how do people come up with this stuff?!?

I'll stick to my 1950 Bowman set, thank you very much!

Graded non-card

Griffins

Wow, the emperor has no cards.
Another sign that the apocalypse is upon us.

RobE

That's got to be the funniest thing I've ever seen in any grading companies holder.

RobE

What are the subs?

Jmnesq

Cutout card? It's a bloody printing defect!

Another reason not to use BGS...

SAHDofTwins

Hey it got a 9 for edges and it has twice as many edges as your standard card. And 8.5 for surface? There is much of a surface to hold flaws More funny is the name of the winning bidder.

shouldabeena10

I think this card was released as a tribute to his blown coverage last year.... when he was too busy show boating to pick up the tight ends and backs that kept sneaking past him for touch downs.

Mike

KING KELLOGG

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....

The question is......Is the card "cut out" ???? OR is the card one of those new fangled "holographic" card that just APPEARS to be cut out...Hmmmmmmm.................

Maybe you have to hold it under some kind of special light to make the card re-appear....(like a tiki torch or something....LOL....)



Jeff (Jmnesq) is correct in his post......"one more reason......"



Thanks Andy for the laugh!!!



Larry

RobE

And look out for the 9.5 of the part of the card they cut out.

NickM

This card is NOT a printing defect.

Lavar Arrington had not signed the licensing agreement with Players Inc. at the time that Upper Deck put him into its MVP set in 2000. In other words, Upper Deck was illegally using his likeness without his permission. [So did a few other sets, which I don't recall offhand.]

The marketing geniuses at Upper Deck, since the cards were already being printed but hadn't been packed out yet, decided to cut out the offending portion of the card (i.e., his picture) and include only the rest in packs. Other Upper Deck executives rapidly nixed this idea, but a few of the cutout Arrington cards made their way into packs at the start of their distribution. Upper Deck also pulled checklist card #220, featuring Donovan McNabb on the front, from distribution because card #189 (listed on the back) was Lavar Arrington.

The fun part to all of this is that MVP was a base brand with extensive retail distribution (and fairly propular among young collectors, as the 2nd cheapest UD product that year), so that many McNabb checklists and Arrington cutout cards may have found their way into the hands of novice collectors who have no idea of their secondary market prices.

I don't fault BGS for grading this card at all. This was an actual release in packs by a card manufacturer in the condition they intended it to be released in.

Nick

AlanAllen

Nick beat me to it, this is a legitimate variation and there's no reason for BGS not to slab it. I don't know how the hell I would grade it, and I do know I would never buy one, but it's legit.

Joe

goodriddance189

Arrington never signed a contract with the Players Association, and therefore he wasnt allowed to be on any cards his rookie year. a few companies ended up letting some cards slip into packs, including Ultra (book value $250) and Collectors Choice. UD tried to mask the identity of Arrington, accounting for the cut out. this is how it was released, and it wasnt a factory error

edited to add NickM beat me to it

BugOnTheRug

The next one that comes up on ebay I will set a non-money snipe. Since I haven't been licensed by the Players Association to use my real money, I will counter by using non-money.

If I win, I'll request non-insurance and non-shipping. If the transaction is good, I will leave non-feedback.

Cheers,

Non-BOTR