Why would someone cut the borders off of a card?

[Eggoman]

I did it to my 1969 Topps cards as a kid because my older brother told me to! He said that that way we could tell MY cards from HIS cards!

He was older, so I assumed he was smarter than me and I listened!

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Eggoman

I did it to my 1969 Topps cards as a kid because my older brother told me to! He said that that way we could tell MY cards from HIS cards!

He was older, so I assumed he was smarter than me and I listened!

Older isn't always smarter.....great story and sounds like something I would do.

[ALR-bishop]

Maybe he was smarter Greg

I ended up once with a bunch of Goudies where the cutting looked like it was aimed at cutting off as much advertising as possible

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Eggoman

I did it to my 1969 Topps cards as a kid because my older brother told me to! He said that that way we could tell MY cards from HIS cards!

He was older, so I assumed he was smarter than me and I listened!

That is a funny childhood story. As an older brother I got flashbacks of all the stupid stuff I told my little brother as kids. Luckily I did not do that because I bought his entire collection about a year ago.

I recently bought a Ted Williams rookie off the BST that had all the borders cut off. I am super glad someone cut the borders off it so I could get such an amazing card in my budget. I can also guarantee I will act exactly like that kid in the video who got his favorite player. Only add a middle aged fat balding guy instead of the kid, just hope I don't crease the heck out of it.

[Eggoman]

My brother and I LOVE telling that story!

I guess that I got the last laugh though because he "discovered" girls before I did. He sold me most of his cards so that he could buy a 8-Track Player and some tapes for his car so could have some "Cruising Music"!

I still have most of his cards and, unfortunately, my "CUT" cards!