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Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nothing splendid about these Ted Williams cut autos

I was poking around on eBay recently looking at Ted Williams autos, dreaming of the day I might be financially irresponsible enough to drop a paycheck for one, and I noticed a couple hilariously bad cut signatures.


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?
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6 comments:

  1. Zippy ZappyNovember 20, 2014 at 4:25 PM

    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.

    To be fair though, Topps is also guilty of making crotch autos. I've unfortunately seen a few Mickey Mantles like that.

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  2. arpsmithNovember 20, 2014 at 4:40 PM

    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.

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  3. Johnnys Trading SpotNovember 20, 2014 at 6:07 PM

    YEAH, 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.

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    1. defgavNovember 20, 2014 at 7:43 PM

      I 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.

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  4. CorkyNovember 20, 2014 at 8:58 PM

    Frankencuts 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?

    If I had to choose one of the cards I would select the cut off check, it is at least semi-appealing.

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  5. RAZNovember 20, 2014 at 10:33 PM

    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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