Strip cards - your opinion, please.

[gunboat82]

Originally Posted by steve B

I prefer to not cut cards, but I can see it for handcut cards where the hand cut is both sloppy and leaves room for some improvement.

I don't see that any of the three from the original post would be improved. To me having a typical strip card with a single perfectly straight edge ending in damage would be worse than old rough edges all around.

I'm on Team No-Cut, even though strips like this might sell for more chopped into singles. The "Altered" designation likely pertains to a microtear that only affects the Vance, but the "AA" alone is enough to turn off a subset of collectors and keep the value down.

[nineunder71]

Great Cards Everyone, here’s two more, not fifty more, hehe

[nat]

I've got 4/5ths of a strip.

As for the OP's cards: I doubt that any of those will get above an A. The graders want the dashed lines to be visible all the way along the edge of the card (or, at least, those edges on which there were dashed lines to begin with).

[Prince Hal]

I very much enjoy the strip cards because they are often unique renderings and can be an inexpensive way to obtain stars and HOFers.

I like to have mine slabbed by SGC because I think they look great in the "tuxedos". I don't care what the grade is at all.

Enjoy collecting them, I do!

[EddieP]

Strip cards were a reflection of the art movement of the day. What Strip Cards were back then is what Topps Project 2020/ Topps Project70 is today.

[GeoPoto]

Player 119B: Alphonse "Tommy" Thomas. Pitcher for the Washington Senators in 1932-1935. 117 wins and 13 saves in 12 MLB seasons. He debuted with the Chicago White Sox in 1926-1932. His best season was 1927 with Chicago as he posted a 19-16 record with a 2.98 ERA in 307.2 innings pitched. He finished his career with the Boston Red Sox in 1937.

Thomas' SABR biography talks to his injury-prone career in Washington: Thomas was still having arm problems during the summer of 1932 but still managed to win games on three consecutive days for the Senators in the middle of July. The first two victories were in relief, and on July 16th he threw a five-hit shutout against the St. Louis Browns. At the end of the season, he had surgery to remove a growth in his pitching arm and to relieve what was reported in the newspapers to be a locked elbow. The numerous innings that Tommy pitched during his early days on the mound contributed heavily to the myriad of injuries and maladies he struggled with later in life.

Tommy was a decent pitcher for Washington over the next few years, but the harsh reality was that his arm was never the same after the 1932 operation. The Senators captured the American League pennant in 1933 but lost out to the New York Giants in the Fall Classic. Thomas, playing in his first and only World Series, made two brief relief appearances, allowing one hit in a little over an inning of work.

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1701165927
https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1701165930
https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1701165934

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by GeoPoto

Player 119B: Alphonse "Tommy" Thomas. Pitcher for the Washington Senators in 1932-1935. 117 wins and 13 saves in 12 MLB seasons. He debuted with the Chicago White Sox in 1926-1932. His best season was 1927 with Chicago as he posted a 19-16 record with a 2.98 ERA in 307.2 innings pitched. He finished his career with the Boston Red Sox in 1937.

Thomas' SABR biography talks to his injury-prone career in Washington: Thomas was still having arm problems during the summer of 1932 but still managed to win games on three consecutive days for the Senators in the middle of July. The first two victories were in relief, and on July 16th he threw a five-hit shutout against the St. Louis Browns. At the end of the season, he had surgery to remove a growth in his pitching arm and to relieve what was reported in the newspapers to be a locked elbow. The numerous innings that Tommy pitched during his early days on the mound contributed heavily to the myriad of injuries and maladies he struggled with later in life.

Tommy was a decent pitcher for Washington over the next few years, but the harsh reality was that his arm was never the same after the 1932 operation. The Senators captured the American League pennant in 1933 but lost out to the New York Giants in the Fall Classic. Thomas, playing in his first and only World Series, made two brief relief appearances, allowing one hit in a little over an inning of work.

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1701165927
https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1701165930
https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1701165934

Is there a strip card connection that I am missing here?