Why would someone cut the borders off of a card?

[111gecko]

Originally Posted by yanksfan09

Kids and scissors isn't always the greatest combo. Plus back then they weren't worth anything and lots of kids just put them in bike spokes.

Reminds me of an old thread:

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by 111gecko

Reminds me of an old thread:

That one hurts.

It reminds me of a time in high school my "not so bright" friend had misunderstood a lesson in geology class about the hardness scale and diamonds.

He took a hammer to his mom's diamond ring to prove diamonds were unbreakable on a bet.

We all knew what was going to happen, but let him do it anyways like kids.

When that diamond turned to dust I still remember his face...

[grainsley]

Easy......start with an object, and simply cut away anything that doesn't look like a TV.

[David W]

I cut the borders off all my St. Louis Cardinals 1971 Topps so they would fit in my wallet in the photo part of it when I was in elementary school.

Carlton, Brock, Torre, et al

Lots of us did us, so at recess we could see each others collections.

I no longer have the cards, have no idea what happened to them.

We also would cut up the league leader cards for various reasons. Sometimes to cut out a player or team we did not like (ie the Cubs) or to trade someone a Johnny Bench or Hank Aaron part of a card for a player we didn't have.

We had no intention or idea that would ruin the $$$$ value, because they had no dollar value at the time, they were merely toys to play with.

[Bob Lemke]

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Sold these June 28 in a lot of 9 Poor 1954B. Sold for $19.95.

[Bob Lemke]

These '52T High numbers went on July 3. Hearn sold for $42.95, Koshorek for $52.11

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