1967 Laughlin Mickey Mantle PSA Trim Jobbery

[JollyElm]

YOW-ZA!!!

Saw this card on eBay and immediately thought, "What in high heck is going on here???"

This is undoubtedly a trimmed card that got through PSA and received an 8.

(Shameless plug alert) I recently did a video for my YouTube Channel about the 1967 Laughlin Mantle 'with address' cards, and consider myself quite an expert, so believe me when I tell you this sucker has absolutely been trimmed down.


Watch this animated gif a couple of times by focusing on each of the four sides/corners in turn and you will see how substantially mini-sized the one card is as a whole lotta white vanishes...




The card is the later (not career contemporary) 'without address' version, so it is much easier to find than the rare 'with address' versions, but they still sell for a decent amount of coin in high grades.

Another thing that is a telltale sign of the alteration is the fact that it seems to be housed in a more-regularly-sized PSA slab, which is in contrast to the obligatory huge slab the other one is in. I remarked about that fact in the aforementioned video, how they swim inside of PSA slabs. These cards are a bit oversized, so they in no way would fit in a 'regular' slab without a paper cutter being involved. (Guess I should add here that it is possible that PSA created a special new slab to hold these guys, but I doubt it. Could be wrong though.)


For posterity, here are the two cards NOT fading in and out:

1967laughlinmantletrimjobcompboth.jpg


I sent the eBay seller a friendly message telling him that it's been trimmed, but said there's no reason to reply. Lord knows I don't want to get in an argument with him if he takes exception.

Oh well.