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Posted By: Hal Lewis

If the card had been graded by GAI instead of just "AUTH"... I think it would be in the $25k range given everything we read on this thread about rarity and the popularity of Mathewson.

I don't think the card is "trimmed" because a trimmer would have given it a straight edge.

I think it was "factory miscut" - maybe even handcut from the sheet back in 1909 - which is why it has a "bowed out" edge or two and could not be graded.

Thus, while this may lessen the value somewhat... I don't think it will diminish the value anywhere near as much as it the card was "trimmed short."