Now I feel a little better about the first 1929 R316 Ott rookie I bought--quite nicely centered for the card, but a corner missing, writing on the back, and a tack hole, making it an SGC Poor 10. It is a bit more interesting that I heard that it was originally owned by the seller's grandfather, who was a sportswriter covering the New York Giants during Ott's career, and he had it pinned up in the area of his seat in the Polo Grounds press box. Guess I'm personally not much of a beater type (The PSA 7 I won in one of the recent PWCC auctions softened my feelings about the "10" example a bit, though).
May your collecting bring you happiness in whatever form it takes!
Larry
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