Need some help with this card - Bazooka?

[Jenx34]

I believe this is a 1963 Bazooka card. It has a blank back.

2 questions...
1. For those of you that grade cards with PSA, how do you think it would grade? Specific how would they view the cut that is not perfectly straight and has some of the border showing and some not? The card is crisp and the color is good, but I am not familiar with how they would view it. Similar to Hostess cards?

2. Any background on these cards? I don't see a ton of them on Ebay (no 1963 Banks currently or in sold listings). Is there a decent demand for them?

Thanks!

[Jim65]

It would come back as Authentic, its missing dotted lines.

[raulus]

Looks like the 1964 Bazooka to me.

And agreed that authentic is the likely grade since you are missing some of the dotted lines.

[Cliff Bowman]

1963, that was the last Bazooka card of Ernie Banks. ETA there were a bunch of counterfeit 1963 Bazooka cards on eBay 15-20 years ago but I haven’t seen one in a long time. That one looks legit.

[swarmee]

I agree with the Authentic grade.

[quitcrab]

Lots of 63 Brooks counterfeit out there too.

[gonefishin]

I agree with the majority, it would come back "Authentic" - if it is.

[Jenx34]

Thanks for the input, especially on the grading aspect. Wasn't sure if they wanted to see the lines or if you could cut them out completely.

This actually belongs to a friend of mine who didn't know he had it. Wasn't sure if he should get it graded, sell it (likely thru a FB group) or keep it.

I told him there would be the right amount of knowledge here to get an answer. But outside of the cut, when I held it earlier this week, it felt solid and looked good. I was half expecting flimsy cardboard.

[swarmee]

Most recent sale on COMC was for $70 in 2021.