Have to out this.

[D. Bergin]

He probably wanted to trim that gash out of the right side...and if I'm being honest, that looked horrible, regardless of what type of "originalist" you are.

....and then he realized the card looked off-center, sparking some sort of OCD reaction in his brain from which he couldn't help himself.

Don't think it was anything nefarious. Just a little misguided maybe.

[brianp-beme]

Geez...at least you have a scan of what the card originally looked like.


Buyers from the state of Maine should legally be restricted from purchasing this example.

Brian

[Jewish-collector]

This thread will really get interesting if he's a member of Net54 and comes on to explain his reasoning. Oh hell yeah. beer chug.gif

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Jewish-collector

This thread will really get interesting if he's a member of Net54 and comes on to explain his reasoning. Oh hell yeah. Attachment 620057

He is...check out the seller's ID. It is the same as it is on here.

Brian

[Kutcher55]

Other than being guilty of maybe bad taste and bad scissor skills I’m not sure why this guy should take flack for this.

[CardPadre]

Originally Posted by Kutcher55

Other than being guilty of maybe bad taste and bad scissor skills I’m not sure why this guy should take flack for this.

I think that's mostly it. Card went from having one jacked edge to having the entire perimeter butchered in a way that seems massively beneath the skills of a normally-abled adult. Plus, I would imagine the markup he is expecting to get for his handiwork is quite amusing...although I don't know those exact details, just speculating.

[conor912]

The richest part is this thread he started in January basically shaking his head at all the bad alterations out there.

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=344755

I swear you can’t make this shit up.

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

He probably wanted to trim that gash out of the right side...and if I'm being honest, that looked horrible, regardless of what type of "originalist" you are.

....and then he realized the card looked off-center, sparking some sort of OCD reaction in his brain from which he couldn't help himself.

Don't think it was anything nefarious. Just a little misguided maybe.

I can't imagine anyone thinking this was meant to deceive, I think he likely really just thought it would make it better aesthetically and failed miserably.

truly, I genuinely like the earned wear of age including a missing chunk here and there occasionally. I have to take the other side and say that the original card was leaps and bounds better looking than a trim...even if done with a paper cutter as some border is certainly better than none.