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Originally Posted by irv
Has anyone else noticed this on the Rosen card and many other 1952 Topps cards?
In my observations, if a 52 Topps card is going to have a soft corner, it seems it is always the top right one.
This E-Bay one is definitely rougher than mine but on mine you can see the area in question.
I have noticed this, soft/dinged upper right corner, on a lot of my cards and ones I have purchased but I have also noticed it on quite a few others as well. Was it the way they were packaged or is it just a fluke? 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Topps-1...EAAOSw0IZZ2l7f |
Great mystery. Here is a possible explanation, though I won't even pretend it's definitive.
Before TPG and even top loaders, the chief means of protecting cards was 3x3 plastic sheets. Now let's say the opening for the card was on the left of the card pocket. You'd generally start by angling the card so its bottom right corner easily entered the pocket. But then it was common to crash the top right corner of the card into the sharp sleeve opening and end up with a nick or rip. At least I can say that it happened to me more than once.
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