SGC has gone to far on these...

[BobbyVCP]

So let me get this straight it is not okay for topps to take a Ruth bat or jersey and chop it up into a 1000 pieces and stick it on a card and sell it? But it is perfectly fine for some person to take a full composite and chop it up and get each piece graded and sell it. Maybe it is just me but if SGC would never of offered to grade the pieces then that original composite would be whole like it should and not one big giant puzzle.

Originally Posted by BobbyVCP

So let me get this straight it is not okay for topps to take a Ruth bat or jersey and chop it up into a 1000 pieces and stick it on a card and sell it? But it is perfectly fine for some person to take a full composite and chop it up and get each piece graded and sell it. Maybe it is just me but if SGC would never of offered to grade the pieces then that original composite would be whole like it should and not one big giant puzzle.

And how do you know it was intact to begin with? Did you sell the person the composite piece??? Just saying!!

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by BobbyVCP

So let me get this straight it is not okay for topps to take a Ruth bat or jersey and chop it up into a 1000 pieces and stick it on a card and sell it? But it is perfectly fine for some person to take a full composite and chop it up and get each piece graded and sell it. Maybe it is just me but if SGC would never of offered to grade the pieces then that original composite would be whole like it should and not one big giant puzzle.

They didn't grade it....they deemed it authentic and slabbed it.

[prewarsports]

SGC did get one thing wrong, this was not a composite that was cut up. It is an accordian style set of photo cards that simply torn at the seams like strip cards and the baltimore shirt company cards. These were made in a way so that kids could seperate them and have a set of cards, unlike a composite photo which were not intended for kids or to be seperated out. These are more "card" like than people are giving them credit for, and there are several known of this wallet of players and this is not ANYTHING like a composite photo that was chopped up. It does not change the fact that some people will disagree that things like this should not be cut up, but it is NOTHING like a chopped up jersey or bat or photo, this is a KNOWN set of cards and no cutting was involved at all, they were simply pulled apart at the seams as was common for this issue.

[novakjr]

This whole scenario reminds me a little of the cheapo grading companies that grade the individual pages that are cut out of the Goudey flip books. It really pissed me off when I see those.

[Baseball Rarities]

Weren't 1912 Boston Garters originally issued in an accordian style panel also?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities

Weren't 1912 Boston Garters originally issued in an accordian style panel also?

They were given to store owners, or others on request, to put on display in windows in order to help sell the Garters or to collect as a set of cards. I do agree with the sentiment that it's ok to slab almost anything authentic as long as it's authentic. Makes no difference to me...

[Baseball Rarities]

I assumed that that they were all issued like this phenomenal uncut sheet that I found in the Archives if this board. It looks to me that yours even has a bit of extra paper in the upper right that might be a result of being separated from an accordian sheet.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities

I assumed that that they were all issued like this phenomenal uncut sheet that I found in the Archives if this board. It looks to me that yours even has a bit of extra paper in the upper right that might be a result of being separated from an accordian sheet.

That is my assumption too. They were issued in panels to store owners or you could send off for them through the mail as a layperson. I was only extrapolating them being "cards" after having been torn or cut apart, which I didn't communicate. I have always believed they were issued in panels of four too......That is a phenomenal BG panel.

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities

I assumed that that they were all issued like this phenomenal uncut sheet that I found in the Archives if this board. It looks to me that yours even has a bit of extra paper in the upper right that might be a result of being separated from an accordian sheet.

Yes, that Archive fellow has an impressive collection!