1931 W517 Color Variations

[Leon]

Sounds like they fed you BS....hope it tasted good...
As far as we know they were all issued in 3 card strips. It's just a matter of the hand cut for the dotted pattern. My guess is a lot of collectors didn't want the dots on their cards so cut them off.

Originally Posted by carolenny

Back when I had these graded by SGC, I was told that the color variations were a factory cut version. They have no dotted lines.

Any information appreciated!
Thanks, Len

Some from my previous collection..

[carolenny]

I just wanted to be sure. I had a few of these color variations graded by SGC way back, purple Gehrig, Orange Ruth. They put numerical grades on them and no "hand cut" designation. Perhaps 5 years later I submitted the rest of my collection of colored W517's to SGC and they all came back Authentic. I was told they had to have dotted lines. I called to question, sent pics of the previous graded examples. They told me to re-submit, they would give them numerical grades, as they were factory cuts. And they did assign the grades with no hand cut designation.

I appreciate all the feedback and pictures.
Thanks, Len

[Leon]

Originally Posted by carolenny

I just wanted to be sure. I had a few of these color variations graded by SGC way back, purple Gehrig, Orange Ruth. They put numerical grades on them and no "hand cut" designation. Perhaps 5 years later I submitted the rest of my collection of colored W517's to SGC and they all came back Authentic. I was told they had to have dotted lines. I called to question, sent pics of the previous graded examples. They told me to re-submit, they would give them numerical grades, as they were factory cuts. And they did assign the grades with no hand cut designation.

I appreciate all the feedback and pictures.
Thanks, Len

Many times SGC and PSA, as policy, label cards hand cut incorrectly. Many, many times actually. Such as all of the W575-1s, W503s and more....If those cards are hand cut they are trimmed. And most of them aren't. They shouldn't have hand cut on their labels and I am pretty sure the new company won't do that. It always seems crazy to me to, on purpose, label something incorrectly. But what do I know? All 20 cards I received in this pack, are wrongly labeled in SGC holders, and will be escaping them very soon. What a farce. PSA does the same type thing.

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[carolenny]

Those are beautiful cards.

[carolenny]

Hi Leon, based on my experience, and the recent post regarding these, I bet SGC will regrade them. Especially if you send scans of the envelope they came in. I have called them in the past.