CLOSED AUCTION, NEED SOME SHARP EYES!!!

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Posted By: David Halpen

I remember seeing this Dimaggio in a Mastro auction (or other auction house) within the past 12 months. It was part of mixed graded/raw 1941 Play Ball set. I collect the 1941 set and thought about purchasing this set. However, the Dimaggio turned me off. I contacted the auction house to ask about the origins of the set. They said that the set originated from a collector who compiled the set during the time of issue. In addition, they said that PSA rejected some of the cards as being trimmed (auction stated this). However, the owner was adament that they were not trimmed but factory miscuts which were common with the issue. I do not know whether the collector or the auction house submitted the Dimaggio and other cards from the 1941 set to PSA. My personal experience with this set is that the card was miscut at the factory. It is so poorly cut that I cannot believe that a collector would butcher the card that bad. It is an example of buying the card and not the holder.