Possibly trimmed cards - thoughts?

[steve B]

Originally Posted by G1911

Which is why the first seven words very explicitly and unequivocally state “there were no factory sets in 1971”, before filling in with what is probably being referenced by the seller.

A complete set bought in 71-72 would almost certainly have come from a seller like Fritsch and assembled from vending. Cards from vending boxes are often a bit undersized.

[ASF123]

Thank you all for this very helpful and informative discussion. Based on everything I've learned, I've gotten pretty comfortable that the cards are legit, and so I canceled the return request. If that's a mistake, it's not an expensive one, and oh well - I've got some nice-looking cards in my collection. The Bench looks like it might be better than one that went for almost 50% more from Morris yesterday.

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by steve B

A complete set bought in 71-72 would almost certainly have come from a seller like Fritsch and assembled from vending. Cards from vending boxes are often a bit undersized.

Very true, cards out of vending boxes from the mid 60s- mid 70s are indeed slightly short l/r...I have seen a fair number over the years. Several times in large lots with cards from the 60s/early 70s I have purchased, I ended up receiving 75-100 copies of the same card and all of them are short l/r....obviously no one invested a bunch of time to trim down a bunch of $1 common cards, they were factory cut this way.

I have always been curious as to how the cutting process differed from cutting cards for packs versus cutting cards for vending?

[cornhusker]

Possibly, vending cards were purposely cut a hair smaller to limit their getting hung up in the card vending machines.