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Judge Dred (Fred)The seller was nice enough to respond quickly and very cordially - here's the reply:
Approximately 1 1/4 plus by 2 1/4 plus.....as you know, per the 2005 Standard catalog of baseball cards,...actual size varies
Catalog indicates 1 7/16 x 2 1/2. Yes, there is a varying degree of sizes to OJs but the catalog dimensions seem somewhat accurate for cards on the smaller end of the spectrum. I've seen many cards > 2 1/2 length but not too many < 1 7/16 wide.
I've got a few of these cards and I couldn't find anything less than 1 3/8 wide. The 2 1/4 length is interesting. The shortest cards I have measure around 2 1/2.
I checked a few others of the same variety (script name, position and team designation at bottom) and the smallest I could find is 1 3/8 x 2 5/8.
Does the 1/8 width and 1/4 length dimensions make that much difference - YES, it would be very noticeable.
I'm not telling people to stay away from this auction - but the phrase "caveat emptor" may apply since the other cards that sold on ebay with the same back stamp were also of the same dimensions (1 1/4 x 2 1/4) and they were inspected by a couple of savvy collectors that believe that there may be some doubt as to the date of production and their legitimacy as being authentic OJs.
I'm in no way trying to say that the ebay seller is trying to scam anyone nor am I saying the seller is not a reputable seller.