it has been a long time since i've looked for - let alone added - a tristar signa cuts card. for whatever reason, i took a peek at available inventory around the start of the year and wound up purchasing this 2008 brutalization of steve howe's 1984 topps card
cody bellinger (2017)
corey seager (2016)
todd hollandsworth (1996)
raul mondesi (1994)
mike piazza (1993)
eric karros (1992)
steve sax (1982)
fernando valenzuela (1981)
steve howe (1980)
i also have certified autos of joe black (1952), don newcombe (1949), and frank howard (1960). howard is my newest addition, thanks to this 2001 topps archives autograph card
that i added not too long ago. this all means i am missing jackie robinson (1947), jim gilliam (1953), jim lefebvre (1965), ted sizemore (1969), rick sutcliffe (1979) and the aforementioned nomo.
of those, i only know of a certified cut robinson dodger autograph. the nomos that i have seen feature him in non-dodger uniforms - same with the sutcliffes. i don't think the other two modern players (lefebvre and sizemore) have any certified autos regardless of team.
and so, i will likely continue to periodically check the airwaves for signa cuts, even though they are destroyers of cards.
Impressive list. Looks like Jim Lefebvre has a certified autograph in 2013 BBM Legendary Foreigners (/108), fwiw. https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/105466
ReplyDeletethanks gavin. i will keep an eye out! i am disappointed that reggie smith wasn't included in the checklist.
Delete2008 Tristar Signa Cuts is such a memorable product for all the wrong reasons. I actually have a Steve Sax autograph from that product. He signed it on a white label that Tristar mounted and called a "cut' signature :D. It's so bad... I LOVE IT.
ReplyDeletei can picture the tristar staffer going into office depot and buying a bunch of the white mailing labels that they used. i try to limit my signa cuts to mutilated cards but i might have to go for one of the avery label autos.
DeleteLooks like the card was cut in such a way to match the angle that Howe signed his name, and also avoid the Topps logo being anywhere on the front or back.
ReplyDeleteyes. even so, the left side cut is ponderous
DeleteI have twelve Bill Virdon Signa-Cuts in my PC but none were brutalized as bad as that one. I see no reason at all for them to have trimmed the left edge of that card not to mention trimming it in a weird circle.
ReplyDeletei've seen a number of virdon signa cuts and have wondered how many you have. good to have the answer!
DeleteThese were absolute garbage. A few Garvey cards looked OK, but most are appalling. I added a bunch when they were new, but unwilling to pay a premium now and apparently some people still are paying premiums for these. I think Levebvre and Gilliam were in a weird 4 player cut series by one of the off brand autograph sellers, like Historic Autographs. It's hard for me to consider cuts as certfied, since they were only buying TTM/IP autographs anyway. Who's to say they didn't buy some fakes? However, I have used them to represent older Dodgers who died before pack certified autographs were a thing. Jim Bunning, Juan Marichal and Hoyt Wilhelm are 3 that I wish had some sort of certified Dodger autograph card. Yet to see one though.
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