Do These Cards Look Trimmed?

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Posted By: bimmy

two cards on my wantlist came up for auction, t206 matty and young portraits

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2786423999&category=31718

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2786423333&category=31718

i dont like the corner wear on either card. the mattys right and bottom sides look a little rough. any thoughts? even though i really would like to bid, i think i'll stay away.

lets try to keep the PSA bashing to a minimum

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Posted By: jay behrens

Several of the edges on the cards look wavy, but then if you look at the label scan, they have waviness to them too, so it might be illusion of the scanner, but given PSA's track record, I'd ask the seller about refund if they still look the same in person.

Jay

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Posted By: bimmy

thanks for the advice and observation jay.

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Posted By: MW

I agree with Jay...it's tough to tell from the camera pics what each card actually looks like. Absent a better scan here's what I'm able to discern:

1. The wear on the Mathewson is fairly consistent.
2. The rightmost corners on the Cy Young are much sharper than the leftmost corners. The right edge on this card looks somewhat suspicious.

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Posted By: runscott

Normally I wouldn't be concerned about a PSA-6 t206, but the Young looks bad. This could be the case of someone trying to turn a 5 into a 7 and coming up "short".