Seriously, Topps?! Your cut auto is a CUT auto!-- blatantly cutting off a big chunk of the man's signature. I can picture the Topps crew groaning, "If only he signed his checks Ted instead of Theodore." This autograph is essentially worthless to anyone with a shred of respect thanks to Topps chopping it to fit in their card design. Just sad. They should have made it into a box topper or maybe even a booklet to fit the full signature.
Now, how about this one..
Ah, here we go. Hey, who wants to pay a few hundred bucks for a nice autographed picture of a man's crotch? You're in luck! Thanks for putting out this 1/1 crotch auto, Leaf! And you just gotta shake your head thinking about the perfectly fine signed postcard or whatever they butchered in order to make this "card."
So which would you rather have? The partial signed check or the crotch shot?
Those Leaf cut autos are always horrible. I remember seeing a "dual" auto featuring a Mike Trout sticker auto and a sticker auto of Bryce Harper that was cut from an auto'd insert from 2012 Topps. The best part was that Leaf (or whoever made the card) had the balls to call it a 1/1 card and stamp a 1/1 mark on it lol.
ReplyDeleteTo be fair though, Topps is also guilty of making crotch autos. I've unfortunately seen a few Mickey Mantles like that.
Both of these are completely ridiculous. You have to at least give Leaf a little credit for including his entire signature but both are big fails.
ReplyDeleteYEAH, SHAME ON THE MANUFACTURERS. I MEAN SERIOUSLY HOW HARD WOULD IT HAVE BEEN TO MAKE IT A BOX TOPPER. I DO HOPE HOPE GOT A GOOD DEAL ON THEM.
ReplyDeleteI don't know who this Hope person is you refer to, but I'd like to clarify that I did not buy either of these cards.. just snagged the jpgs off eBay listings.
DeleteFrankencuts need to just be stopped by the companies. Sure it is an autograph of a favorite player but using an autograph from another card to make a new card is horrible and like you said, who wants a willy shot of Williams?
ReplyDeleteIf I had to choose one of the cards I would select the cut off check, it is at least semi-appealing.
I hate them both, but the crotch shot at least has the complete signature on it, and I would get the entertainment value of laughing every time I looked at my Ted Williams auto-crotch card.
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