Mile High & Legendary

[Matthew H]

Why does lot 125 have a numerical grade? I thought the borders were larger on the J=K cards.

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by Matthew H

Why does lot 125 have a numerical grade? I thought the borders were larger on the J=K cards.

Here's an SGC 40/3 (Lajoie) for comparison, along with the one currently up for auction (Carrigan). I've not seen a lot of J=K cards, but these two seem to be typical as far as "normal" borders go. At least from what I've seen.

[Matthew H]

Wow, SGC made a really nice holder for your card! Congrats to them (and to you).

[bcbgcbrcb]

Charles:

I'm not a photo ID expert but I believe that Legendary has both Hanlon & Bancroft identified correctly.

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by Matthew H

Wow, SGC made a really nice holder for your card! Congrats to them (and to you).

Wow, good point. I missed that on the Carrigan.

[Fred]

I don't want to change the direction of this thread but I still don't understand the grading standards.... how the heck can a numerical grade be assigned to cards/memorabilia that is obviously not factory cut?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Fred

I don't want to change the direction of this thread but I still don't understand the grading standards.... how the heck can a numerical grade be assigned to cards/memorabilia that is obviously not factory cut?

They are no different than the plethora of cards that weren't "factory" cut. They look at the dimensions and if they deem them to be large enough, then they get a number, if not, then they usually get an AUT. We don't have to like it, it's just the way it is. There are a ton of cards like this that get graded, including every day strip cards.

[Fred]

Leon,

You can probably guess all the directions this can take. I still think that grading a Zeenut with the coupon removed is no different than grading an OJ with the Old Judge ad removed from the bottom. The Zeenut with the coupon removed doesn't meet the size requirement of a full Zeenut from that year. Rather than go on I'll just stop there because this is going to be a case of opinions. One more thing, I've seen the grading companies have a lot of latitude on hand cut card sizes. They should publish a size criteria for hand cut cards so that everyone understands what is going to receive a numeric grade and what is going to get slabbed AUTH.