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Originally Posted by jason.1969
Wondering if there is a standard thing collectors do in this situation.
I recently acquired a couple W551 cards that seem sloppily cut. There is also a decent amount of excess border on both the left and right, meaning it would seem possible to improve on the cuts without making the cards smaller than they should be.
Would such an act be totally legit given that these cards are intended to be handcut or would it be "card doctoring" in a bad way?
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Personally I don't think there is anything morally wrong with cleaning up the cut on the cards as these cards were intended to be hand-cut as you mentioned. Some people actually prefer the rough cut as it likely indicates an early cut where others are probably turned off by it. I have a couple Ruth's and as you can see its pretty clear one was cut recently and one was likely cut way back in the days. I like each of them for different reasons.