Some of the mysteries and myths surrounding the most famous card in the hobby.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Connections make these things happen. I agree they should be A, as they or most of them were in the link I posted, but as long as sheet cut is indicated it's reasonable I suppose.

Is SGC doing this for other sheet-cut items as a general thing now, recently? I don't keep up with grading land; I'm a slab cracker unless I'm keeping the card as trade bait. I don't recall seeing this done before in any generation of their slabs.


Another, separate note of interest about this sheet is that, apparently, it is said to have had 1 copy of most of the cards, as I recall. Yet over half the set isn't found with the T.T.T. backs (I believe we are at 49 confirmed of 50 suspected), which would generally have indicated to us that sheets had no more than that number of different subjects at most.


My only Ramyl's are an atrociously trimmed TTT O'Leary and a blank back (not skinned) of Rube Manning. They are gorgeous cards.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by G1911

Is SGC doing this for other sheet-cut items as a general thing now, recently? I don't keep up with grading land; I'm a slab cracker unless I'm keeping the card as trade bait. I don't recall seeing this done before in any generation of their slabs.


Another, separate note of interest about this sheet is that, apparently, it is said to have had 1 copy of most of the cards, as I recall. Yet over half the set isn't found with the T.T.T. backs (I believe we are at 49 confirmed of 50 suspected), which would generally have indicated to us that sheets had no more than that number of different subjects at most.


My only Ramyl's are an atrociously trimmed TTT O'Leary and a blank back (not skinned) of Rube Manning. They are gorgeous cards.

Again, connections can make these things happen, it doesn't make them right, but it's the explanation. Some submitters are more equal than others. Always been true, always will be.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Again, connections can make these things happen, it doesn't make them right, but it's the explanation. Some submitters are more equal than others. Always been true, always will be.

I’m not disputing, I just like to dot my “i”’s and cross my “T”’s before assuming corruption. I don’t really follow changes in accepted grading practices, and thus don’t know if this is done for others generally recently or is a gift to a favored submitter to generate $$’s.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by G1911

I’m not disputing, I just like to dot my “i”’s and cross my “T”’s before assuming corruption. I don’t really follow changes in accepted grading practices, and thus don’t know if this is done for others generally recently or is a gift to a favored submitter to generate $$’s.

If sheet cut cards are knowingly getting number grades on a regular basis, other than from Beckett maybe, that's news to me.