Periodical "Cuts"

[mrmopar]

By regular text, I meant that it is not aligned/formatted to match the front and whatever was printed on the back would be clipped if you cut it out.

It seems like most of the newspaper cuts I have seen don't have a real back to them, but rather whatever was printed on the opposite page is what you got. The text almost leads you to believe that this was meant to be clipped out. it would have been cool to find a couple others in the other guides I have.

Originally Posted by swarmee

When you say the back is "regular text," do you mean it's part of a large article on the back of the page? Or is the regular text actually formatted to the same dimensions of the rectangle, so that if it was cut out, it would be completely contained?

If the back page is not formatted to match up with the Pete Rose card, I would say this is not a card, and really wasn't meant to be one. Just a style change to the picture outline to be dashed instead of lined.

If the information on the back of the card is laid out and discusses something about Pete Rose's career, then I would say it was intended to be a card. Is there a copyright line or year number or "card number"/identifier on the back?

I wouldn't collect it, but that doesn't mean some other die-hard wouldn't.

Here are a few other sample items that I have. Some were definitely meant to be cut out and others are questionable.