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Originally Posted by STL1944
First let me give a shout out thank you to Oldeboo! Fantastic analysis and I think you are spot on! If I ever need a private investigator, I will PM you! Thank you.
I went and measured the card and it measured 5.3cm x 7.5cm. I picked 7-8 other 1947 Tip Tops out of a pile and, sure enough, they all measured 5.7 x 7.6.
I think Oldeboo/Blowout is right on in that this was a reprint that was trimmed to remove the reprint text.
I did some poking around and found out:
1) Turns out I bought the card from... wait for it... wait for it.... PWCC!
2) Interestingly, the only other card that is a PSA 8 is the Yogi Berra rookie card. What are the odds that it did not get the same "hair cut" as well.
3) I did go back and measure all of the PSA 5, 6 & 7's looking for signs of a reprint of trimmed. The good news is that I did not see any that looked strange.
I am going to reach out to PSA and see what they say. I will post updates here.
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It was bad enough that we have to double check graded cards for alterations - now we have to double-check them to make sure they are real!!
My decision not to do business with PWCC is reinforced!