Vintage magazine cutouts

[rdwyer]

From what I know this is from a 1940 True Sport magazine of Joe Dimaggio. The magazine would be best, but does this cutout have any value? Does PSA grade anything like this?

[NiceDocter]

It has limited value..... as it was not meant to be cut out as a stand alone card or printed piece. Looks a lot like many comic book pages from the era as far as the paper and colors. Most magazines didnt use this kind of stock but some did.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by NiceDocter

It has limited value..... as it was not meant to be cut out as a stand alone card or printed piece. Looks a lot like many comic book pages from the era as far as the paper and colors. Most magazines didnt use this kind of stock but some did.

+1. some things were meant to be cut out, that one wasn't.

Note, Lou lives with his parents in 1936.

[rdwyer]

I sorta figured it to be of little value. Teach your kids not to do this.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by rdwyer

I sorta figured it to be of little value. Teach your kids not to do this.

Since every rule needs an exception, this recent thread seems to highlight that sometimes a magazine cutout can be a valuable thing. But I suspect this is an unusual situation.

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=341897

[steve B]

Originally Posted by raulus

Since every rule needs an exception, this recent thread seems to highlight that sometimes a magazine cutout can be a valuable thing. But I suspect this is an unusual situation.

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=341897

It's not a cutout, it's a premium offered for subscibers.

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by raulus

Since every rule needs an exception, this recent thread seems to highlight that sometimes a magazine cutout can be a valuable thing. But I suspect this is an unusual situation.

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=341897

As said prior, that is not a cutout. It was mailed to paid subscribers, somewhat like the old Sports Illustrated football phone (flashback time for that one, lol). What I posted was the ad page stating that.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by steve B

It's not a cutout, it's a premium offered for subscibers.

My apologies - misread the details there.

In that case, totally different situation!

[JustinD]

The general rule on cutouts are fairly simple. If they are created to be cutout as a collectable initially, then they can be cataloged.

If it's not created as such, it technically has no value. However, anything and everything has a buyer somewhere...it just takes time to find them.

[brianp-beme]

I don't collect such things, but I do happen to have a newspaper clipping of Joe's first game as well that was part of a scrapbook. He did make a big splash in his debut.

The article did not mention a twisted ankle, so unfortunately the ankle is probably not Joe's, and thus the cutout cannot reasonably claim to picture three DiMaggio ankles.


Here is a cutout from a newspaper that probably has low level value, but was cool enough to frame.

Brian