Is this 1934 Goudey Lefty Grove too short?
BaltimoreYankee
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I just picked up a nice 1934 Goudey Lefty Grove. When I received it, I noticed it was swimming in the PSA holder. I pulled out the only other '34 Goudey I have and that card fits snugly in the holder. I have them scanned here for reference. Can there normally that much of a size difference in this issue? Besides being way shorter by height, the Grove is also shorter in width.
Daniel
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Bump for the evening crowd...
Goudeys are well known for having size variances straight from the factory.
I’ve handled thousands of graded examples and the sizes are all over the place. It’s a toss up depending on who is grading them if whether or not they get a grade or deemed Min Size or Trimmed.
Agreed. When I have multiple cards from a set with slight but tolerable factory size variance, I prefer to break them up in separate subs such that all the ones in a single sub are of equivalent size. Not sure it is necessary since I'd assume PSA should have the knowledge to accept certain size variances on vintage pre-war items since it was a factory issuance condition, but regardless, it's the route I take. When I get something returned Min-Size that I know to be within factory tolerance despite size variance, I just resub until it comes back graded.
Regular size or a little short I love that set. Nice looking cards.
Thanks for the info, guys. I looked at a bunch of '34 Goudey's on eBay and did see size variations, not to the extreme of this Grove card, though.