Mystery 1978 Carlton

[Exhibitman]

Concur. Beckett's unfortunate lack of expertise weeding out sheet cut items strikes again.

[deweyinthehall]

I've never gotten a card graded, and unless I find a shoe box full of mint 52s probably never will, so others know far more about the grading process than I. But, even if they can't recognize a sheet cut card, wouldn't they have been expected to comment on the otherwise unexplainable size/border thickness differences?

[Crossfire]

Yeah, I'm pretty upset. I bought the card on Ebay quite some time ago. Most dealers would not refund on a graded card anyway. If I sell it I would list that its sheet cut and would not expect to get anywhere near what I paid.

[lowpopper]

SHEET
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[Natswin2019]

Ok, I'm new to this so sorry for the question but whats the difference between a sheet cut card and a regular card? Aren't all cards printed and cut on big sheets to begin with? Thanks!

[Steve D]

Originally Posted by Natswin2019

Ok, I'm new to this so sorry for the question but whats the difference between a sheet cut card and a regular card? Aren't all cards printed and cut on big sheets to begin with? Thanks!

"Sheet cut" basically means a card that was specifically cut from a sheet, by the collector or dealer. For example:

A collector or dealer buys an uncut sheet of say, 1979 Topps baseball, that contains the Ozzie Smith RC. The Ozzie RC is notorious for centering problems. The collector/dealer knows this, so he bought the full 132-card sheet specifically to try to get a perfectly centered Ozzie RC. He takes it to a professional printer/paper cutter, and has them cut the Ozzie out of the sheet, hoping for that elusive perfect centering.

This is completely different from the normal sheets of cards that Topps (or any other card company) prints, cuts, and puts into packs.

Steve

[Natswin2019]

Originally Posted by Steve D

"Sheet cut" basically means a card that was specifically cut from a sheet, by the collector or dealer. For example:

A collector or dealer buys an uncut sheet of say, 1979 Topps baseball, that contains the Ozzie Smith RC. The Ozzie RC is notorious for centering problems. The collector/dealer knows this, so he bought the full 132-card sheet specifically to try to get a perfectly centered Ozzie RC. He takes it to a professional printer/paper cutter, and has them cut the Ozzie out of the sheet, hoping for that elusive perfect centering.

This is completely different from the normal sheets of cards that Topps (or any other card company) prints, cuts, and puts into packs.

Ah I see, that makes sense. So in theory it should be pretty easy to spot that someone did this and that a TPG service should catch this? That all makes sense. Thanks for the info!