1971 Munson question

PaulMaul

I was looking at some of my 1971's and I noticed something interesting about the 1971 Munson. It appears that the photo field is wider than several of the other landscape oriented cards from the set. As a result, the card appears more O/C than it really is.

I compared it to the Bud Harrelson card, and the total border width is greater on the Harrelson even though both cards measure up 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 exactly. The photo field on the Munson is clearly wider when you compare them.

Does this just affect the Munson card, or do the widths of the photo fields vary throughout the landscape oriented cards in the set?

PaulMaul

It's not just Munson. Here's a scan that shows the difference between Curt Blefary and Jim Fregosi. The difference appears to be in the thickness of the white area surrounding the photo. But the effect on the amount of black border on the left and right sides is pronounced:




So one has to be careful not to equate how O/C such a card is with how thin one of the borders appears.

I've never noticed this with normal vertically oriented cards from this set.

bishop

Interesting point

PaulMaul

I wonder if this phenomenon leads any of the affected cards from getting unfair downgrades or qualifiers. Both Munson and Blefary seem to be somewhat
low pop in PSA 8 and higher. Someday when I have a few days I'll have to check all of the numbers that are affected.

mlbfan2

<< <i>I wonder if this phenomenon leads any of the affected cards from getting unfair downgrades or qualifiers. >>



I don't see why it would. The only thing that matters is the size of the border compared to the opposite border.