Unique Cracker Jack.....or not

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Posted By: Brian

Question for the group. I just bought a 1914 Amos Strunk raw card on eBay. When I got the cards in, I thought that the other raw card that I had purchased was trimmed because of a NOTICEABLE size difference. After a few short outbursts of profanity laced wishes toward the seller, I compared it to a graded card to confirm my fears. Actually I was quite surprised to notice that the card actually had EXTRA paper on it. Almost an 1/8 inch excess paper along the top. Obviously a miscut, but in a way that I have never run into. Has anyone else run into that kind of miscut on CJ's?

BK

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Posted By: Dave S

Brian--not highly unusual with the 1914's...

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Posted By: Brian

Thanks Dave, I have dealt with CJ's for a while now, and this is the first that I have seen, I just wanted to see if there were any others out there, or if it will affect the grading.

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Posted By: Dave S

Don't think you'll find many 1915s oversized, I've been told the cutting process was changed when they chose to go to a heavier stock paper. Don't know how much substance to that theory though..
I have a handful of '14s that are off standard lenthwise, but most only a hair over 1/16"....though have not personally had any in excess width-wise...

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Posted By: Mike

Actually, this card is pretty unique. Not many miscuts seen for Cracker Jacks:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1914-Cracker-Jack-Roger-Bresnahan-17-SGC-30-Good-2_W0QQitemZ190156742424QQihZ009QQcategoryZ57993QQs sPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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Posted By: Bob

Wow, I guess I missed this Bresnahan completely. The description is for a whole different card, an SGC 40 Mordecai Brown, while the scan and the item headline are Bresnahan. A heckuva bargain even if the back were not miscut.