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Posted By: davidcycleback

If it's cut from a sheet later on, you're supposed to say so. It's up to the buyer to determine how that effects price/desirability. I hazard to say that all baseball card collectors prefer their single cards to be factory cut, meaning cut by the factory that made them and in the year of issue. Even if Upper Deck itself cut down 1989 UD sheets in 2005, many collectors were consider these cards to be of lesser value than the vintage cuts.

Now, there are a lot of non-factory cut cards that are happily collected and even graded. For example, the 1984 Topps/Nestle 792 sets were issued only in uncut sheets and all singles were cut later by dealers. There is no such thing as a factory cut Nestle 792 card. There is no scandal or deception about this, as it is known Topps only issued the cards in sheets and the price guide books say singles were cut by dealers. In fact, Nestle sets are more expensive in singles form than in uncut sheets form, as the sheets are plentiful compared to other sheets and most collectors prefer singles ... Most Topps progression proofs were also cut from sheets later on.