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Dimensions larger, but grader says evidence of trimming...

blaze42blaze42 Posts: 166
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I bought a 68 Ryan that was determined by PSA to be trimmed... and sold as such...Just like the seller described, the card measures the same height and perhaps a tiny bit wider than all my other PSA graded 68 Topps. Other than the obvious suggestion to re-submit, and the possibility that this was cut from an un-cut sheet...can anyone suggest how a trimmed card would be the same or larger than the acceptable examples I have?

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  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
    It was factory cut large, micro-trimmed on one side, so it is still relatively large, but trimmed.

    This absolutely happens with 1955 Bowman baseball, for example. And T-206
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  • blaze42blaze42 Posts: 166
    Is it supposed to be slightly larger in both dimensions?
  • mosaicmosaic Posts: 700 ✭
    I believe under magnification they can look at the "grain" of the edge and tell whether it looks like other factory cut cards or whether it has been trimmed by a third party.

    Size isn't the only factor.
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  • blaze42blaze42 Posts: 166
    yes...but if I am understanding mikeschmidt correctly ...there are runs that are "factory large cuts"...and if that is in fact what he's saying...are they large in both dimensions? Hence, when you find a card large in one dimension...it should also be large in the other...and if it isn';t...it has been trimmed...
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