Trimmed or Miscut?

[TobaccoKing4]

I'm sure most of you saw this auction while it was up, I bid low because I wasn't convinced that the Mcgraw wasn't altered. I was pretty sure it was miscut, but not sure enough to warrant that sale price (im in college).



Both with Tolstoi backs.

I'm curious to hear what the opinions of some other more experienced collectors are.

[calvindog]

I think it's trimmed. Some corners rounded, others sharp.

But with a Tolstoi back it's still interesting.

[steve B]

Tough to tell from that picture. It's a bit shorter than the Maloney, but not by a whole lot. The lower corners being worn more than the top isn't outside what I'd be comfortable with, as the bottom would be against the bottom of a box if it was stored standing up. That close to the name I'd think the lower edge was trimmed, but that's the one that looks ok.

If I had it in hand I could tell, but not from that picture. Did they have a back picture too? Sometimes that view makes trimming clearer.

As a Tolstoi it's interesting, but you'd have to balance how likely trimming was against your interest and budget. Another concern for later on is wether it's got enough size to get a numeric grade if it isn't trimmed. I'm thinking it may be just a bit too short either way.

Probably not worth the risk for a college student, but for someone with a few bucks to risk and a bit of gambler in them maybe.

I try to avoid bidding a lot on cards that look at all suspect unless it really looks great. And even then I bid pretty low.

Steve B

[Bridwell]

The McGraw looks like a good card to me. Full size. It's hard to detect a slight trim from ebay scans, though. Probably a good one to have gambled on if it was going cheap and you like those type of gambles. I try to buy some cards raw and see what the grading companies think of them. Usually most of the cards get a grade, but a few are rejected. SGC might not mark it down very much for the miscut. Might get an SGC 50. PSA would give it an mc for sure, perhaps a PSA 4mc but those are just wild guesses based on the front of the card only.

[TobaccoKing4]

I did have a conservative bid in at only $70, $75 with shipping. But it ended up at about $150.