64 Topps Card: Fake, Miscut or Trimmed?

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

I would have a hard time understanding why someone would bother faking a '64 Killebrew and then roughing it up to mid-grade.

The Killebrew is not the card in question. It was only shown for size comparison to the AL Bombers card. Of all these wavy border cards I've ever seen (and I've seen a lot), all are always oversized.

My best guess is the cards with the wavy borders are usually on the edge of the sheet and the sheet slips during the cutting process. It stands to reason as they cut closer to the edge of the sheet, the sheets would become less stable and be prone to shifting.

4th row, last card on right.

[jchcollins]

Ah, sorry. I was reading too fast. They all look legit to me.

[JollyElm]

I have a beautiful 1967 Mel Queen 'incomplete stat line' variation card I sent in to be graded and it came back not graded with a "MISCUT" designation sticker. I had no clue what the heck was going on as the card is clearly not trimmed, so I did some research and found out that PSA marks some cards that way that have 'bad' factory cuts. Sure enough, when I put the card on its side on a flat surface, a tiny bit of sunlight poked through. It has the tiniest of wavy cuts on the one side, so in effect, it's actually a hair larger than it should be. Although more obvious, I'm thinking your Mantle suffers from the same problem.