Mystery Solved - Pinpointing the dates of W590 cards

[Snapolit1]

Think I need to pay a lot more attention to Hunt auctions. Lol.

[Snapolit1]

Phil - what's the logic behind your position that all hand cut strip cards should get an A? I realize there has been discussion here before as to how PSA and SGC have treated strip cards over time. But all cards are cut from a strip or a sheet. By a machine 99.9999% of the time. And we grade them and penalize them if the cut is awful. Why should a card cut with scissors be treated automatically like it can't be graded? Why not just grade like every other card, which is what PSA did here.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Steve:

The machine cut cards were issued and cut by the manufacturer for distribution in that manner. Of course, some were cut better than others, if all were perfect, there would be numerous 9's and 10's and prices would drop dramatically.

I'm sure you heard about all of the controversy surrounding the famous $3MM T206 Honus Wagner and the revelation that it was hand-cut from a strip many years later and submitted to PSA and assigned a numerical grade. Everyone seemed to have major problems with that, same theory here.

It is impossible to tell if a strip card was cut last week or 100 years ago. Part of the blame goes to the grading companies, who sometimes assign a numerical grade and sometimes only "A". I am aware of the size requirements and broken lines that must be present for a numerical grade to be given but have seen cards go both ways regardless of that criteria.

[Snapolit1]

I see the distinction I just don't see why it's meaningful. The strip cards were printed to be cut. I can see cutting a picture out of a book and getting it graded as a "card" pretty dicey, but why care if a strip card was cut last week or 70 years ago?