T202 Fast Work at Third/Cobb/O'Leary

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Posted By: Pete Z.

My neighborhood pawn shop has had this card for years in a plastic case where it's been attached on the middle/back of the card with two smaller-than-a-dime dabs of glue many years ago by a former employee I guess to keep someone from running off with the card. The card measures a 1/16th of an inch short in each direction and the top edge is miscut ever so slightly - it slants down and then up before and after the left fold. The edges appear untrimmed and the corners are nice, and the only crease is a slight wrinkle and is on the O'Leary side / not Cobb. The surface of the front of the card is clean with slight print defects in the center of the card. The surface of the back of the card is rough but clean. The problem is removing the card from being glued to the plastic without damaging the card. My question is whether $350 is an okay price for the card? Do cards with slight miscuts slab? I'd like the looks of the card but I don't want to make the purchase without first taking a breath. I think if it's removed without much damage, and the miscut isn't too severe to keep it from grading, that it would be grade a Good. Appreciate any thoughts.
Pete