Opinions on this Bock Hooker T206

[53toppscollector]

I won this card at auction from gregmorris, who I usually think is pretty much spot on in his grading of raw. This card was listed as "low grade (filler) in terms of condition. Given that Hooker is a SL and a tough card, I was happy to get it for around $100 anyway, because I knew I'd need this one eventually.

I expected to find wrinkles or issues with the card when it arrived, however, I put it under my black light and saw no hints of recoloring, and beyond just a small ding in the top right front corner, the card looks like its in excellent shape. Edges are nice, centering is decent, color on the front is nice, and the back is clean with no paper loss.

So, am I missing something here? Did he just miscategorize the card as low grade? I assume if they thought it was trimmed, they'd have put that in the title.

Thoughts?

[Bpm0014]

1. Great looking card!

2. If anything, it may be trimmed down the left border.

[Rhotchkiss]

From the scans, I think its a great looking card. I agree that if there as an issue, its along that left edge. But nothing jumps out as obvious.

[Pre War Starter]

Measure it
That’ll probably tell you if it’s been trimmed???

[53toppscollector]

I'm not sure measuring it will be super helpful, given the irregular size of T206 cards in general. I'm going to send it to SGC and see what they say. If it comes back trimmed, yeah well. If it isn't trimmed, I think it will grade really well all things considered

[frankbmd]

I’d be happy with that hooker.

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by Pre War Starter

Measure it
That’ll probably tell you if it’s been trimmed???

lol