I would agree with you if a factory cut these cards. These were hand cut, after the fact. IMO it makes no matter when they were cut. Scizzors have not changed that much since they were invented. These strip cards need to be cut properly and that means allowing the border to remain intact. of which this cobb appears not to have had done. If i remm did not these cards have a black line that showed where the border ended?
I would agree with you if a factory cut these cards. These were hand cut, after the fact. IMO it makes no matter when they were cut. Scizzors have not changed that much since they were invented. These strip cards need to be cut properly and that means allowing the border to remain intact. of which this cobb appears not to have had done. If i remm did not these cards have a black line that showed where the border ended?
Steve >>
I see your point, although I would not be interested in that card for even 10% of the current bid simply based on the generic picture and obscurity of the issue, and if I knew it was hand cut any time in the recent past, I wouldn't pay any price for it. JMHO.
Here is a pic of an uncut W551 strip. There are 10 baseball players on the strip. I think there are other W551 strips, but none of them are baseball players, so the strip contains the complete set as far as bbcard collectors are concerned.
Babe Ruth Ty Cobb Wally Pipp Tris Speaker Dave Bancroft Casey Stengel Jess Barnes Home Run Baker Walter Johnson George Sisler
8 HOFers on the strip! Plus Wally Pipp is well known as well.
I think I can get a 8 or 9 on all the cards except for the Ruth and Sisler (because they are on the end and has more handling issues). Of course, it will take a steady hand to cut them.
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Shane
<< <i>does it matter when it was cut? >>
Of course. Was it cut 70 years ago, or 70 minutes ago?
I would agree with you if a factory cut these cards. These were hand cut, after the fact. IMO it makes no matter when they were cut. Scizzors have not changed that much since they were invented. These strip cards need to be cut properly and that means allowing the border to remain intact. of which this cobb appears not to have had done. If i remm did not these cards have a black line that showed where the border ended?
Steve
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I would agree with you if a factory cut these cards. These were hand cut, after the fact. IMO it makes no matter when they were cut. Scizzors have not changed that much since they were invented. These strip cards need to be cut properly and that means allowing the border to remain intact. of which this cobb appears not to have had done. If i remm did not these cards have a black line that showed where the border ended?
Steve >>
I see your point, although I would not be interested in that card for even 10% of the current bid simply based on the generic picture and obscurity of the issue, and if I knew it was hand cut any time in the recent past, I wouldn't pay any price for it. JMHO.
Babe Ruth
Ty Cobb
Wally Pipp
Tris Speaker
Dave Bancroft
Casey Stengel
Jess Barnes
Home Run Baker
Walter Johnson
George Sisler
8 HOFers on the strip! Plus Wally Pipp is well known as well.
I think I can get a 8 or 9 on all the cards except for the Ruth and Sisler (because they are on the end and has more handling issues). Of course, it will take a steady hand to cut them.
A SGC 10 for $700
http://cgi.ebay.com/1909-E90-1-Amer-Car-Cobb-SGC-10-POOR_W0QQitemZ8746580684QQcategoryZ57993QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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