1960 Fleer Input Needed
 

I had (probably still have) an opportunity to buy a bunch of real nice '60 Fleer cards at a real good price. All raw, but easily NM... most better. I have no intention of grading them. I'd keep some and flip some. In my experience, '60 Fleer cards run shorter than the standard sized cards. I've encountered this every time I try to buy a card from that set. I am 100% certain that the cards I'm looking at aren't trimmed, but they too are a bit short. My question: If I were to sell these cards as NM, would that be legitimate? Look at any raw '60 Fleer on Ebay (even from very reputable sellers)... they all look short. If anyone has graded '60 Fleers, would you mind measuring those cards against standard Topps cards? Wondering if grading companies take that into consideration and grade as is... or do they just grade as authentic? Also, would YOU buy them, assuming they are priced at less than half "book" value and are otherwise NM+ condition? Any input would be appreciated.

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I grabbed cards 46-54 from my binder and found 6 were the size of this Gomez, 2 were the right size, and one was halfway between.

It’s not a huge sample size but it does seem to confirm your notion that many of these cards were cut a little short.

Over the years I have handled several 100 1960 Fleer baseball to build my set, and yes, many (half?) cards were not properly cut rendering them short to some extent t/b (not trimmed). I have sold off "short" duplicates over the years and in their listings have simply noted that the cards were short t/b. No complaints from recipients, guessing many folks just expect short cards with this set.