Thank You Matt (hammered)

Barfvader · October 28, 2009 2:53AM

Nice package of cards arrived in the mail this morning.

Very much appreciated and I thank you.

Nathaniel1960 · October 28, 2009 2:55AM

I wonder if the Hunter and Munson photos are cropped from the same picture of them laughing at a Billy Martin joke in the dugout? Let's search the Topps vault!!!

itzagoner · October 28, 2009 3:07AM

cool. 1977 Topps Baseball Puzzles Test Issue.

burke23 · October 28, 2009 3:12AM

Congrats?

Barfvader · October 28, 2009 3:18AM

<< <i>Congrats? >>

With Matt's help (and many others on this board) I am currently at

3 Autographed Miscuts
535 Miscut on front and or back (including some non sports/Charlie's Angels, Kung Fu and Moonraker)
139 Bad cuts (extreme diamond cuts/pieces of cards straight from the pack/etc)
19 Wrongbacks
28 Blank backs
29 Missing foil/to much ink/massive creasing and damage caused by the machines at the factory

theczar · October 28, 2009 3:25AM

i have a had a couple of good people help me on my 1977 journey, but no one has done more me than matt. i have bought a lot of cards from him at reasonable prices. he has also given me some wise advice on the difficulty of certain cards due to his experience with getting them graded.

clearly an asset to the hobby.

DavidPuddy · October 28, 2009 3:37AM

My Fav. set. Great stuff.

hammered · October 28, 2009 5:07AM

I've always wondered how the Topps factory cut their cards.
I'm guessing they cut the sheets into horizontal strips first, stacked the strips, then made the vertical cuts second (?) that's why some left right edges don't line up on those miscuts

My impression is also that there are more rough edges on left right sides than on top bottom sides on vintage in general. Maybe with a less than sharp blade, t/b makes smoother cut since it's cutting horizontally through single sheet. If they did stack those horizontal strips before cutting, this could explain why rougher side edges occur sometimes - harder to cut through a stack of cardboard, leaving behind less than smooth edges. Random thoughts

Barfvader · October 28, 2009 5:49AM

<< <i>I've always wondered how the Topps factory cut their cards. >>

I think that in part is what interests me in collecting these types of cards. It's the wanting to know how things were done and if quality control was something they had then how did these ever get out the door and into packs/vending/etc?

Here are 4 1987 Topps that match up (Courtesy of Russ/onefasttalon).

onebamafan · October 28, 2009 11:26AM

Matt has also helped me out with some great '75 Topps.

Thanks Matt

Thank You Matt (hammered)

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