Can someone please Help with Hostess - How to hand cut - w/ scans

Crazylegs

These were part of a collection I picked up a few weeks ago.

The cards are in amazing shape. Clean as can be.

My problem is I would love to have them graded but have no
idea on the best way to hand cut these.

The previous owner did a great job of leaving lots of border.

I have never hand cut a card.

Any experts out there ?

And is it better to keep as panels ?

Thanks for any and all help.

Crazylegs

PowderedH2O

Definitely better to keep them unseparated. Those are gorgeous! If you want to cut them just stay away from the dotted lines.

SDSportsFan

The trick with the Hostess cards is to make sure you leave the border intact. You should use a straight edge and a razor, x-acto knife or box-cutter, or a sharp/clean paper cutter. Again, the most important thing is to make sure the entire border is left intact. You also want to make sure you cut it squarely.

Whether or not you cut the cards individually or leave them in panels is up to you. PSA grades them both ways. Personally, I prefer them as individual cards.

With the Drakes cards, it's more difficult, since the cards share a border. I'm really not sure how you would cut them.

Now regarding the Hostess Ryan.....if you send it in as an individual card and it gets a 9/10, I'm definitely interested in it if you decide to sell

Steve

Crazylegs

Thanks for the input.

Think if I do this right these are easy 9's hopeful 10's.

I'll let you know about the Ryan.

jeffcbay

You could send them to 4SC and have them cut the cards out... wow!