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Posted By: tbob

Paul- Leon correctly states that Sporting Life cards' sizes vary greatly, so much in fact that I have had cards with larger borders than this Matty come back "trimmed" and cards with about the same size borders as this Matty come back graded. The most notorious card is the pastel Bender which you almost always find looking like it has been heavily trimmed, regardless of condition, indicating the card (for some bizarre reason) was consistently cut with small borders. I also agree with Leon on Cobb cards. I have a pastel Cobb in very nice shape which I was able to pick up for a discount because it appears trimmed when in fact it matches the exact sizes of other cards subsequently graded. Go figure...
tbob