Opinions on this 1968 Lou Brock

TonyC

This card came from someone who is notorious for trimming cards, so I am a little leary about it. I measured it up to a 2003 Fleer Tradition Wily Mo Pena card and it looked good, but I was wondering if anyone could tell from a scan if it is trimmed or not.

mikeschmidt

doesn't seem horrific / trimmed from a visual scan. But a scan in and of itself is not the best for identifying trimmed cards, other than obvious hack jobs.

Nathaniel1960

That's Lou alright. He looked good at the A.S. Game last night. Glad Obama gave a shout-out to Bob Gibson.

markj111

I have no idea, but why would you buy a card from someone known to trim cards?

TonyC

The guy used to be a dealer before the grading days; he had a paper cutter behind the counter that he would touch cards up with when no one was around. He died about 9 years ago, and I picked up a lot of his low to mid range condition stuff. I happened to see this card when I was thumbing through one of his boxes today.

Ironmanfan

have you measured it against another 68T card?

sfmays24

I measured it up to a 2003 Fleer Tradition Wily Mo Pena card and it looked good...

Not all, but many "trimmed" cards will measure up (since they were oversized to begin with).

No one can tell from a scan, try checking the edges and you are really the best judge... if you feel it's trimmed, it probably is.

Mike