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View Poll Results: Which Card or Neither (assume cost is $5k difference) | |||
Altered | 64 | 63.37% | |
Authentic | 15 | 14.85% | |
Neither | 22 | 21.78% | |
Voters: 101. You may not vote on this poll |
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It may have received the Authentic grade because it is partially held together by tape in the bottom corner (if tape is still present), or because it is missing such a large chunk of its corner (amongst other defects). Last edited by cgjackson222; 01-18-2024 at 02:29 AM. |
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It's not just trimming, is it? Surface is far too clean on both sides. I'm not a CJ collector, or even a card collector anymore, but if I was, I'd want some staining on my CJs. It's just part of the deal, if you will.
Even so, I'd vote trim/clean job....nope! Changed my stance! See below. Last edited by BillyCoxDodgers3B; 01-18-2024 at 04:46 AM. |
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I am digging the $10 price point pencilled on the back of the chipped one, though! Even the little piece of tape isn't without its charms. I think it's great that nobody tried to erase the pencilled price before having it slabbed. I may have to change my vote, here. It's unique and doesn't look like it's had a really bad breast augmentation.
Reminds me of an autographed index card that was in my possession. A dealer who came before me wrote "$1.00" in pencil in a top corner. Wish I had been around to buy the guy out! Its value is now in the hundreds. Last edited by BillyCoxDodgers3B; 01-18-2024 at 04:45 AM. |
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If the tape is the reason the shouldnt it have been listed as altered. It does not look like the tape has reattached that corner, so i would be someone requested an authentic grade and that it should have gotten a 1, so from a value stand point that would likely be the better card. I also agree that the trimmed example looks too clean so if your trimming a card it would be easy to clean it as well. Much would be a personal preference but there is still very little love in the hobby for “restored” cards so the beater is better on several counts. James G
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I believe you can request a card to be graded “authentic“
The label “poor” doesn’t bother me but some may prefer Authentic over Poor |
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