And that card was nowhere to be found. One did show up one Ebay, but it was in pretty rough shape and it was going for $25. I resisted the temptation to fill a hole and waited. The wait was worth it.
One showed up a couple weeks ago and it was in much better condition. I set the sniper a little higher that I might normally spend because I didn't want to wait another five months. I won the auction (just barely) and now this....
is mine!
The card is in great shape and it has razor sharp corners. The back is in nice shape, too...
...though I didn't realize how ugly the OPC backs on the '68s look. I knew that the OPC version of the back had a different shade of yellow than the Topps card. I just didn't know how faded it looked.
All this is well and good, but....
As I was looking at the card in the penny sleeve, something seemed off about the card. Too much of the top of the penny sleeve was visible...or the card was short.
I grabbed a ruler, and sure enough...
...it's about a 1/16" short.
Now I know why the corners were razor sharp...someone took a razor to the card and trimmed it...I think.
Again, my knowledge of OPC cards is limited. Where there variances in the size of the cards? Nothing I read in the Standard Catalog mentioned size differences.
Or did I just buy a trimmed card?
I have that card signed
ReplyDeleteSend it back ,looks like you got "trimmed".
ReplyDeleteSize matters! Uh, oh!
ReplyDeleteChanneling my inner Michael Scott....That's what she said!
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