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Originally Posted by rdwyer
My concern is where the cards were separated. How is that grading done on single cards?
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When I was putting together redback and blueback sets back in the 1980's (pre-grading era), I had the impression that the cards were graded then based mostly on whether examples showed discoloration or paper wrinkles, which are common defects with these 64-year-old sets. Which is to say that most graders would not give any thought to what the little stubs left at the separation points looked like to any extent. I have to wonder if, in 1951 at the Topps plant, a crew of guys separated panels with a cutting implement, or just became practiced at neatly ripping the stubs by hand.