Altered or genuine wear?

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Posted By: <b>eatturf</b><p>I know this isn't a baseball image, so Leon please feel free to delete this. I picked this up about six months ago and have finally decided to get it graded. I know it won't grade well due to the paper loss, but I'm more into it for the protection. I thought I would dip into the well of knowledge that is this board and ask if this card has been altered. The area that I'm concerned with is the left edge. Toward the bottom it looks a little scuffed. Not sure, but increasingly more paranoid, thanks to this board <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>, that it may have been sanded of buffed a little. Your opinions please.<br /><br /><img src="http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e276/cygnusblue/File0034.jpg"><br />

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Posted By: <b>Eric B</b><p>These are exactly like the N28's in size and paper. <br /><br />It's possible that it is a factory cut, but since the bottom right corner moves in and is sharper than the rest, I would say "evidence of trimming" is likely.<br /><br />BTW, how do we get a board specifically for non-baseball Pre-war tobacco cards? With the Forbes and Mitchell book out, I can see a lot more interest.

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>As a board member, and within the rules, you are certainly allowed to post this kind of card. This is barely off topic anyway......best regards.. and nice card..

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Posted By: <b>Gilbert Maines</b><p>It is a little narrower at the bottom than the top, but not much. I don't think that it is altered.

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Posted By: <b>David Vargha</b><p><font color=blue>Did he have a tumor on his eye?</font><br><br>DavidVargha@hotmail.com

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Posted By: <b>steve f</b><p>The Chief was a victim of young warrior Minispitball.<br /><br />The edges look wavy. An attempt to "center" the portrait.

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Posted By: <b>Chris Ahart</b><p>Thank you for the opinions, very apreciated. "It's not a tooomahr" on the right eye, it's a speck of paper loss.