52 Topps top right corner?

[irv]

Has anyone else noticed this on the Rosen card and many other 1952 Topps cards?
In my observations, if a 52 Topps card is going to have a soft corner, it seems it is always the top right one.
This E-Bay one is definitely rougher than mine but on mine you can see the area in question.
I have noticed this, soft/dinged upper right corner, on a lot of my cards and ones I have purchased but I have also noticed it on quite a few others as well. Was it the way they were packaged or is it just a fluke?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Topps-1...EAAOSw0IZZ2l7f

[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by irv

Has anyone else noticed this on the Rosen card and many other 1952 Topps cards?
In my observations, if a 52 Topps card is going to have a soft corner, it seems it is always the top right one.
This E-Bay one is definitely rougher than mine but on mine you can see the area in question.
I have noticed this, soft/dinged upper right corner, on a lot of my cards and ones I have purchased but I have also noticed it on quite a few others as well. Was it the way they were packaged or is it just a fluke?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Topps-1...EAAOSw0IZZ2l7f

Great mystery. Here is a possible explanation, though I won't even pretend it's definitive.

Before TPG and even top loaders, the chief means of protecting cards was 3x3 plastic sheets. Now let's say the opening for the card was on the left of the card pocket. You'd generally start by angling the card so its bottom right corner easily entered the pocket. But then it was common to crash the top right corner of the card into the sharp sleeve opening and end up with a nick or rip. At least I can say that it happened to me more than once.

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[Volod]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

Before TPG and even top loaders, the chief means of protecting cards was 3x3 plastic sheets. Now let's say the opening for the card was on the left of the card pocket. You'd generally start by angling the card so its bottom right corner easily entered the pocket. But then it was common to crash the top right corner of the card into the sharp sleeve opening and end up with a nick or rip. At least I can say that it happened to me more than once.

Good theory - mine is even simpler: most people are right-handed.

[irv]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

Great mystery. Here is a possible explanation, though I won't even pretend it's definitive.

Before TPG and even top loaders, the chief means of protecting cards was 3x3 plastic sheets. Now let's say the opening for the card was on the left of the card pocket. You'd generally start by angling the card so its bottom right corner easily entered the pocket. But then it was common to crash the top right corner of the card into the sharp sleeve opening and end up with a nick or rip. At least I can say that it happened to me more than once.

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Originally Posted by Volod

Good theory - mine is even simpler: most people are right-handed.

Thanks guys.

I guess there is no real answer or no real theory? Could be like you guys say or it could be something entirely different?
It just seemed odd to me that a lot of cards I look at, the top right corner seems to have issues a lot.

[Bill77]

I think it has to do with the change in size of cards through the 50's. The 53 Bowmans would leave one side of a 52 Topps exposed and the later smaller cards would leave the top and side of the 52 Topps exposed.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Volod

Good theory - mine is even simpler: most people are right-handed.

FINALLY...something for which right-handers are to blame!

[Volod]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

FINALLY...something for which right-handers are to blame!

I knew Billy Martin was still alive!

[irv]

I was informed of this by a very knowledgeable collector/seller. Has anyone else heard this before? I never paid any attention to the numbers (1-80) but it makes sense to me, especially when it comes to the Rosen card.

The answer is damage to the corner at top right was caused by the printing machinery that resulted what is usually called a corner pull. Seen most on one of the top corners, usually the right one and almost always in the first series of 1-80. The flaw in the machinery was corrected later in the printing process.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Topps-...572?rmvSB=true