OT - Vintage paper cut outs - This guy is way, way smarter than me

[CobbSpikedMe]

I've bought cut outs from a different seller. I collect Jersey City Skeeters stuff and have bought several team composites that have been cut out of guides from the era. I have several years of composites now and they are really pretty cool little pieces. What I don't like are the cut outs that are in screwdowns and look like graded "cards" from AAA grading. I'm not sure why I feel differently about those but I do.

AndyH




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[Chris-Counts]

Like any genre of baseball memorabilia, all cutouts are not created equal. In particular, the color Sunday News and Sunday Parade images that Brian refers to are, in my opinion, some of the finest images of baseball players ever created — and they are still VERY cheap to acquire. You can pick up the wonderful color pages from old Sport Magazines from the 50s and 60s for even less. At the same time, it makes no sense to pay dollars for old magazine or newspaper pages that you can get for pennies if you simply buy the publication and cut it up yourself. Needless to say, I spend a lot of time cutting up old publications. Here are just a few items I've picked up over the years that were cut out of something, and you can decide if they are "complete garbage" ...

Here's a link for more: http://www.imageevent.com/ccmcnutt/1...ndaynewsphotos

[mrmopar]

There have been sellers of this type of item in the past (and maybe still are out there) that are purposefully deceptive. I don't think it was him, but one I saw was selling pages from sports periodicals as poster/inserts and if you are not familiar or can't tell from the photo, that is crappy. I personally believe that if you are selling something that was cut from a book or magazine, that this fact needs to be stated clearly, along with the original source of where the item came from.

I have an interest in newspaper "cards", but I prefer they be formatted to at least look like they might have been meant for clipping and saving. This guy does stretch the boundaries of a card at times, but would agree that as long as the description is clear and not deceptive, then he is just taking advantage of a collector need.