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Posted By: <b>Peter_Spaeth</b><p>One wonders, then, how these few came to be centered perfectly if every other one is off center. I used to wonder the same thing about the 65T Charlie Smith which back years ago when I was building that set was the holy grail in PSA 8. I think at the time Jim had one of only 3 copies. Virtually every one you would see was off center significantly; so HOW did just a few come to be well-centered? I wondered sometimes in my cynical moments if trimming was involved.

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Posted By: <b>Pennsylvania Ted</b><p>We could start another Thread on cards that are consistently found O/C.<br /><br />One of my best pre-war examples is the Green Cobb with a Piedmont 150 back....which is mostly found O/C <br />with a very narrow top border. Green Cobbs with other backs are usually centered. <br />Here are my two Cobbs to illustrate this.....<br /><br /><img src="http://www.freephotoserver.com/v001/tedzan/cobbcobbps.jpg"><br /><br /><br />TED Z

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Posted By: <b>Steve Clark</b><p>Not trimmed because to make a centered card that was originally off-centered would require noticeable size change. If you were to question such a card, one could say it was cut from a sheet.<br /><br />But I don't. No card was ever cut by Topps the same way every single time. To say that there couldn't be any centered Witts or Smiths implies exactly that.<br /><br />Nice pick up Jim. I can relate how it feels to get close to completing a set and wanting to get a card no matter what (which was one of the reasons I stopped playing that game).

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Posted By: <b>cmoking</b><p>Frank, nice pick up!!!

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Posted By: <b>Peter_Spaeth</b><p>All it takes to qualify for an 8 is 65-35 and I have seen worse. So a tiny bit of microtrimming could indeed make the difference. Theoretically of course.

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Does anybody know where the Witt appeared on the sheet? Chances are it was in a vulnerable position, such as the corner or the edge. Those invariably are the toughest ones to find high grade.

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Posted By: <b>Peter_Spaeth</b><p>Barry I believe Ted already posted that he didn't think sheet placement was the issue.

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>The thread got too long for me to reread. Sorry about that.

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Posted By: <b>Ron Lambert</b><p>I thought this card looked really nice for a 6.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1196564103.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>Frank Evanov</b><p>You're right Ron!! Nice one.<br><br>Frank

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Posted By: <b>Rick McQuillan</b><p>Jim, congrats on completing the 60-68 run. I'm curious about what is next on your quest. Are you going for 1969 or will you go the other way and start on the 1959's?<br /><br />Rick

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Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>Rick,<br /><br />Need 4 59s in 8 or better, 1 58, 56 and 57 done, 18 upgrades in 55, 54 done and roughly 50 ion each 52 and 53. 69 I have stars graded and rest raw nr-mt-mt as is true for every set through 91.<br /><br />Have a couple hundred other sets fooling around with too.