Leon,
My thought is that if the TPGs started NOW to only provide an AUTH label for hand cut cards, then all graded ones would simply fall into that category after the practice became an accepted "policy" (of sorts).
Sure, there could have been a hand cut card graded a "9" but after adopting a new policy, then that card would basically become a really nice looking AUTH card. Well, that's my thought on it.
As mentioned before, someone could find a hand cut card with large borders graded "4". The card could be removed from the slab and re-cut, submitted for grading and get an "8". Then that same card could be worth exponentially more. Now how about that Gretzky T206.... didn't that have some very generous borders before it was cut down? Yes, I realize it was part of a strip but you have a lot or latitude at that point.
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Last edited by Fred; 02-05-2018 at 11:05 AM.
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