I'd wager good money that card isn't even altered to begin with. I've sent in quite a few 52 Topps cards over the past several months to PSA and SGC. Commons and HOFers. Cards that I know have not been altered. Every single 1952 Topps card with a diamond cut is now getting flagged as "Altered" by the newer graders at both SGC and PSA. It's been a consistent pattern. They don't even measure the cards. The edges are not sharp or oxidated, no odd striation patterns in the card stock either. These newer graders have NO IDEA what they're doing. I have cards that even measure LARGER than spec come back as "Evidence of Trimming" because they are diamond cut. 1/32" too large. They're just incompetent and inexperienced. I would have bought that Yogi card in a heartbeat if I had seen the listing in time. I even cracked a nice 52 Topps card in a PSA holder that was recently graded because I felt it was way undergraded. So I sent it to SGC, came back "trimmed". Sent back to PSA, same thing. Same story as this dude. Did not buy it from PWCC either. The card is not trimmed. It's just slightly diamond cut.
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