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davidcyclebackMy opinion is that for $14,000, something should be better looking.
I assume the Washington was bought cut, as it's smaller than the hole. I've always assumed that the card companies cut down documents to get the cut baseball signatures. Many obviously came from checks, contracts and other documents. While many collectors don't care if baseball jerseys and bats are cut apart, I suspect opinions might might be different it it is found out that Topps and Upper Deck were destroying complete Thomas Jefferson and George Washington documents. Washington and Jefferson signatures aren't rare (US Presidents sign tons of stuff), but many would object to the idea of destroying their letters. However, as noted, they could have these two signatures already cut.
For those who don't follow autographs, in cases excluding Topps and Upper Deck cards, an entire good document (letter, contract, hunting license, personal bank check, other) is worth much more than than the signature cut off. That's whether the document's from Robert E. Lee or Manny Ramirez. The normal, modern autograph collector wouldn't cut Ty Cobb's signature from a bank check or George Washington's signature from letter.