Trimmed = Hand Cut = a numbered opinion

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I think generally the concept is that if a card was meant to be hand cut, such as a Bazooka card on a box, it can get a grade, but if a card is hand cut after being factory cut, or from an uncut sheet, it can't.

That's kind of what I thought, which is obviously a bit of a slippery slope, but anything that the opinion sellers can make a buck on is probably less slippery and closer to level. Evidently baseball magazine posters qualify, which I wouldn't have guessed, except that I actually would have guessed because making them smaller than issued coincidentally makes them fit in a slab so... slope less slippery.

[Section103]

Doug, are you of the mindset that graders cant make slabs any size they want? I'd bet they can, especially if the money is right.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Section103

Doug, are you of the mindset that graders cant make slabs any size they want? I'd bet they can, especially if the money is right.

No I am not of that mindset.

I am fully aware that they could sell an opinion on, and slab, anything that they cared to.

But currently, the only way that approximately 97% of known by me m113 and m114 posters can be slabbed, is if they are hand cut / trimmed.

At the moment, all m114 posters I see that have been "opinionated" and listed on ebay are less than their original dimensions.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

That's kind of what I thought, which is obviously a bit of a slippery slope, but anything that the opinion sellers can make a buck on is probably less slippery and closer to level. Evidently baseball magazine posters qualify, which I wouldn't have guessed, except that I actually would have guessed because making them smaller than issued coincidentally makes them fit in a slab so... slope less slippery.

The answer is always "money". If something is trimmed it should be labeled as such. Unfortunately, we are smarter than the graders many times. There are So many factory issued cards they call hand cut, it's just silly.
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