Wheaties "Card" Grading

[AnkurJ]

Hi everyone,
Picked up a Wheaties series 1 Lou Gehrig card recently and planning to send it to PSA or SGC. But was wondering how these are graded. This example has parts of the box still, and has not been cleanly trimmed. I would not trim it down to keep the aesthetics intact. But wondering how they would grade this since its not cleanly cut out. I am assuming it would be a 1 at best since part of the tear goes into the right border, and the bottom right edge is cut off.

Would love some input!
Thanks,
Ankur

[AnkurJ]

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[Jay Wolt]

Since the trimming was cut into the frame here & there
I would suspect the grade by PSA/SGC would be "Authentic"

[raulus]

Definitely authentic.

Of course, every once in a while you get a frisky grader with a wild hair up his nose, and he’ll slap a 6 on it!

[Leon]

Originally Posted by raulus

Definitely authentic.

Of course, every once in a while you get a frisky grader with a wild hair up his nose, and he’ll slap a 6 on it!

LOL. ...

"Authentic Unaltered" would seem appropriate, if it's available. And that is unless the writing on it makes it authentic altered?

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[Vintagedeputy]

It would grade Authentic, I would assume.

[Rascal1010]

I would say it is AUTHENTIC, but who knows how they will grade it, I have seen many of this issue with partial borders that have been given numerical grades, usually part of the border is trimmed all the way around, not actually missing chunks like yours.

[glchen]

100% that card will grade Authentic due to the right border. I would trim the bottom a bit, just to improve the eye appeal of the card before it gets holdered. Maybe a bit of cleanup on the other sides also.

[JollyElm]

I would absolutely X-Acto knife the top, the left side, and the bits of white sticking out of the right to 'high class' it up a bit, while retaining the "Wheaties" on the bottom.

As such...

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