Reasons to agree with DAN McKEE....regarding the PIEDMONT Plank

[Ronnie73]

I personally feel that the piedmont back Planks are all hand cut. The reason for it, I don't know but the theorys are interesting and possibly true. If the SGC numerical graded plank was hand cut from a sheet many many years ago and it was cut at exact size and the edges are properly aged, I can see how it would get a numerical grade. If there were documents stating the fact that all Piedmont Planks were hand cut, then it would have gotten an authentic grade. I know we all always say "buy the card and not the holder" but in this case, I believe the holder is going to sell the card at a much higher price than if the card was raw and believed to be hand cut which it still could be. Many now believe the Honus Wagner PSA 8 is hand cut but at its last sale, it wasn't a thought. Now that its a possibilty, would it still fetch the same price level? I do, unless its broken out of its case and regraded as authentic.

[frankbmd]

Corners have been scrambled and rotated.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Corners have been scrambled and rotated.

I pick the blurry one .

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by Leon

I pick the blurry one .

Correct. You win the scissors.

[Peter_Spaeth]

What "provenance" suggests the Wagner 8 is hand cut aside from the Piedmont back?

[ullmandds]

I think the fact that there are images out there of the wagner before it was cut to it's current size and shape is all of the proof that is needed.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Pete, as I recall the before photos were pretty grainy and inconclusive, but in any event they at best would prove that the card was trimmed, right? They wouldn't speak to whether the original was an oversize card from a pack, or one from a sheet. Let me ask it a different way, how do we know that the Conlon Plank is from the same sheet as the Gretzky Wagner, I have heard that mentioned a couple of times now but don't know the background.