Periodical "Cuts"

[mrmopar]

By regular text, I meant that it is not aligned/formatted to match the front and whatever was printed on the back would be clipped if you cut it out.

It seems like most of the newspaper cuts I have seen don't have a real back to them, but rather whatever was printed on the opposite page is what you got. The text almost leads you to believe that this was meant to be clipped out. it would have been cool to find a couple others in the other guides I have.

Originally Posted by swarmee

When you say the back is "regular text," do you mean it's part of a large article on the back of the page? Or is the regular text actually formatted to the same dimensions of the rectangle, so that if it was cut out, it would be completely contained?

If the back page is not formatted to match up with the Pete Rose card, I would say this is not a card, and really wasn't meant to be one. Just a style change to the picture outline to be dashed instead of lined.

If the information on the back of the card is laid out and discusses something about Pete Rose's career, then I would say it was intended to be a card. Is there a copyright line or year number or "card number"/identifier on the back?

I wouldn't collect it, but that doesn't mean some other die-hard wouldn't.

Here are a few other sample items that I have. Some were definitely meant to be cut out and others are questionable.

[Exhibitman]

Newspaper and periodical based cutout cards have a tradition going back at least to the 1930s.

1936 Detroit Times Babe Ruth:



1936 Chicago American Joe DiMaggio 'rookie':



1949 Philadelphia Bulletin Richie Ashburn 'rookie':



Dell Comics Al Rosen:



1960 Los Angeles Examiner Koufax and Snider:



To each his own, of course, but when clearly intended to be cut as a card, I personally consider them to be cards. There is definitely a market for them, just as there is for strip cards.

There is also a market for vintage cuts from newspapers and other periodicals apart from the card debate. Usually for player specialists. I have a collection of clipped photos of my cousin, including this cartoon:

[TAVG]

only thing I have that comes close to that is a 1993 Frank Thomas newspaper photo in color. it was on the inside of a binder that was included in a collection of cards i bought a while back.