Evidence of Trimming

[Vintagedeputy]

I was sad when this came back with an A and evidence of trimming. It is off center and the right side looks odd, but since no one has any idea how these were issued, I'm not sure its exactly fair to say it was trimmed.

What's the difference between trimmed and hand cut?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

I was sad when this came back with an A and evidence of trimming. It is off center and the right side looks odd, but since no one has any idea how these were issued, I'm not sure its exactly fair to say it was trimmed.

What's the difference between trimmed and hand cut?

On this one, the right side top and bottom corners are more worn than the left. Maybe they thought it was freshened up a little? Very cool card regardless...
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[Tabe]

On the DiMaggio, the bottom of the card looks narrower to me than the top half. Is that just a illusion?

[toledo_mudhen]

Originally Posted by Tabe

On the DiMaggio, the bottom of the card looks narrower to me than the top half. Is that just a illusion?

Quick and dirty - From just a check using JRuler (top Left to Right vs Bottom Left to right) on the image displayed - the top Measures 921 pixels and the bottom measures 917 pixels.

Surprised you could actually discern that just by looking - could be the scan???

[Snowman]

A lot of vintage cards were factory miscut. There is no shortage of cards that didn't come square, right from the pack. But the TPGs often flag these as "trimmed" despite no actual evidence that they indeed have been. At this point, it has become clear that they are all scared of some big class action law suit looming over the horizon and are trying to protect themselves against such an event.

[Yoda]

I, for one, would love to know how much training this hoard of new graders at SGC have received, particularly in our world of vintage pre-war, to allow such rapid turnaround time. And, for that matter, who is training them? Most likely, they are young and grew up in the modern card culture and know little about pre-war. I agree that currently they are applying standards not applicable to cards we collect. Their old 5 is now a 3.5 at best.
That nice '41 Playball of JD with impeccable provenance is clearly not trimmed.I fear they may be sacrificing everything for a speedy turnaround at the expense of their most important function: giving a fair grade to an honest card.

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by toledo_mudhen

Quick and dirty - From just a check using JRuler (top Left to Right vs Bottom Left to right) on the image displayed - the top Measures 921 pixels and the bottom measures 917 pixels.

Surprised you could actually discern that just by looking - could be the scan???

Even a blind squirrel...