Where can you find a cards normal measurements?

plifter

If you want to measure your own cards to check for trimming, where can you find what the dimensions for each set are considered normal? This is pretty important info especially for pre-1957 cards.

AlanAllen

The big annuals have measurements for many sets. This is probably the best one.

Joe

JeremyDie1

I use this one. Do not have the new one though.

plifter

<< <i>The big annuals have measurements for many sets. This is probably the best one.

Joe >>



That's kind of funny, I work for Amazon.com.

nightcrawler

I have some 51 parkies I bought a couple decades ago, and they are friggn huge compared to three out of the four PSA graded cards I have. I'm thinkin with most of the early to mid 50s stuff, you just have to send it in and hope for the best. Either that or learn all the ways to actually detect trimming, when the card falls in the "looks kinda small" catagory.

AlanAllen

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<< <i>The big annuals have measurements for many sets. This is probably the best one.

Joe >>



That's kind of funny, I work for Amazon.com. >>



Cool, so you can go into the back and hide one under your shirt on your way out

plifter

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<< <i>The big annuals have measurements for many sets. This is probably the best one.

Joe >>



That's kind of funny, I work for Amazon.com. >>



Cool, so you can go into the back and hide one under your shirt on your way out >>



LOL, part of my job is investigating fraud. I also don't work anywhere near one of the actual warehouses. I've been there for almost 8 years and have never seen where our merchandise is actually stored. The closest warehouse is 120 miles away.

fkw

Buy a couple inexpensive commons from the same year in mid grade and back it up to the card in question. They should be perfectly flush and match up exactly. This was my usual way of looking for trimmed cards way before ASA started the graded card industry in the late 1980s. In the pregraded card era many oldschool collectors would slightly trim some oversized sets so they would fit into the early plastic pages easier, not knowing it would kill the value 20-30+ years later. Common with E and D cards from 1910 era, and 1930 era R and V premiums.