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Advice needed on cutting Dell cards!

glossycrazyglossycrazy Posts: 677
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Hi- I have a 71-72 Dell football set and am wondering how to cut them so they grade decently! Any advice is appreciated!
Paul

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  • unitasunitas Posts: 103
    Contact PRO grading they know how to cut cards!
    Collector of 71 Kelloggs Football and Unitas cards.
  • cardfan07cardfan07 Posts: 680 ✭✭
    I've used a razor knife and a metal ruler, flipped over so that the metal is facing the card. Most of the metal rulers i've seen have cork on the bottom so it raises the ruler up off the card surface...giving you every opportunity to muck up a good cut.
    I've submitted the 69 MLBPA stamps as well as some hostess cards and have always gotten good results.
    Ted Williams, Willie Mays, Tom Seaver, Mike Schmidt, George Brett, Bob Gibson, Lou Brock player collector
  • milbrocomilbroco Posts: 2,730 ✭✭✭
    I have used a paper cutter in the past and the results were very good. First I usually use the paper cutter to cut the card down to about 1/2 inch of all four sides of the card. This makes it a little easier when I do the final cut.
    Good Luck,
    Bob
    ebay seller name milbroco
    email bcmiller7@comcast.net
  • swartz1swartz1 Posts: 4,911 ✭✭✭
    light table, sharp new blade x-acto knife,draftsman triangle and a good eye for the border - I just submitted some 1969 Photostamps and got two PSA 10's (Kaline and Mays) - practice on a few commons first...good luck


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  • GalvestonGalveston Posts: 273 ✭
    Strong buyer of 1970 Kelloggs Football & 1971 Kelloggs Baseball and Football. Please help me find cards!
    I have a few hundred extra PSA graded 1971 Kellogg's cards. E-mail for price list. Looking for 1970 Topps Supers in PSA 9 too.
  • GalvestonGalveston Posts: 273 ✭
    should you leave the entire black perforated border showing, or simply cut on the perforation?
    Strong buyer of 1970 Kelloggs Football & 1971 Kelloggs Baseball and Football. Please help me find cards!
    I have a few hundred extra PSA graded 1971 Kellogg's cards. E-mail for price list. Looking for 1970 Topps Supers in PSA 9 too.
  • ping4u43ping4u43 Posts: 908
    I will post a couple of 9's for you to see later.
  • ping4u43ping4u43 Posts: 908


    << <i>Hi- I have a 71-72 Dell football set and am wondering how to cut them so they grade decently! Any advice is appreciated!
    Paul >>




    25 of the 48 players in this set are Hall of Famers! Including ROOKIES of Terry Bradshaw and Willie Lanier. All of these will certainly be desirable in the Master Sets in the future. Although nice cuts exist, it is very difficult to cut clean. Also, Several cards are "on the fold" in the magazine. Unitas, Plunkett and Lamonica are virtually impossible without the crease from the fold. Anything over PSA 3 on these is RARE. Also very tough without the fold(crease) are Nobis, Jurgensen, Carr, Butkus, Gabriel and Abramowicz. Challanging set.
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