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10-04-2007, 10:04 PM
Posted By: <b>Brian</b><p>Question for the group. I just bought a 1914 Amos Strunk raw card on eBay. When I got the cards in, I thought that the other raw card that I had purchased was trimmed because of a NOTICEABLE size difference. After a few short outbursts of profanity laced wishes toward the seller, I compared it to a graded card to confirm my fears. Actually I was quite surprised to notice that the card actually had EXTRA paper on it. Almost an 1/8 inch excess paper along the top. Obviously a miscut, but in a way that I have never run into. Has anyone else run into that kind of miscut on CJ's?<br /><br />BK
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10-05-2007, 02:57 PM
Posted By: <b>Dave S</b><p>Brian--not highly unusual with the 1914's...
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10-05-2007, 03:00 PM
Posted By: <b>Brian</b><p>Thanks Dave, I have dealt with CJ's for a while now, and this is the first that I have seen, I just wanted to see if there were any others out there, or if it will affect the grading.
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10-05-2007, 03:11 PM
Posted By: <b>Dave S</b><p>Don't think you'll find many 1915s oversized, I've been told the cutting process was changed when they chose to go to a heavier stock paper. Don't know how much substance to that theory though..<br />I have a handful of '14s that are off standard lenthwise, but most only a hair over 1/16"....though have not personally had any in excess width-wise...
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10-05-2007, 07:10 PM
Posted By: <b>Mike</b><p>Actually, this card is pretty unique. Not many miscuts seen for Cracker Jacks:<br /><br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1914-Cracker-Jack-Roger-Bresnahan-17-SGC-30-Good-2_W0QQitemZ190156742424QQihZ009QQcategoryZ57993QQs sPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/1914-Cracker-Jack-Roger-Bresnahan-17-SGC-30-Good-2_W0QQitemZ190156742424QQihZ009QQcategoryZ57993QQs sPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem</a>
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10-05-2007, 10:00 PM
Posted By: <b>Bob</b><p>Wow, I guess I missed this Bresnahan completely. The description is for a whole different card, an SGC 40 Mordecai Brown, while the scan and the item headline are Bresnahan. A heckuva bargain even if the back were not miscut.