Mile High & Legendary

[Leon]

Originally Posted by 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.

BTW, Fred, you realize we are on the same side of the argument about grading these kinds of hand cut cards? Besides high numerical grades on shadows of Old Judge cards, the grading of these "strip" or "box" cards is one of my biggest pet peeves. As far as publishing a criteria I think it might be different for each series, but the way it's been explained to me is, it is the "amount" of border(s) that are left. I get it, I just don't agree with the way they are done. I think they should all have a "handcut" caveat on their flips. At least then, no matter what, they will be technically correct.

[Fred]

I think the thing that really bugs me most is the hand cut cards that are graded 7's, 8's and 9's. You know, the ones that look like they could have been cut in the recent past.... It would be nice to have a committee of dedicated collectors that comes up with a standard for all grading companies. Call it the Net54baseball Standards. They have industry standards for so many things and it serves a good purpose... ok, I'm blowing off steam again... time to chill out and grab a bottle of brew...

[e107collector]

I just noticed in Mile High's auction, that the complete 1914 Cracker Jack set lot descritpion has been amended. It is not a complete set, it is missing 2 cards. The revision is showing up at the end of the description.

My question is, why don't they revise the auction title as well?

Tony

[quinnsryche]

Originally Posted by e107collector

I just noticed in Mile High's auction, that the complete 1914 Cracker Jack set lot descritpion has been amended. It is not a complete set, it is missing 2 cards. The revision is showing up at the end of the description.

My question is, why don't they revise the auction title as well?

Tony

Because it's not as an enticing attention grabber then is it?

[glenv]

Maybe the grading companies could offer a new trimming service. Submit for grading and trimming if guaranteed a minimum grade of 7? This would be a good candidate:

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