Vintage Card Term of the Day – MC
MC is short for “MisCut”. This refers to a card which was not cut properly by the manufacturer. Such a card may even show a portion of another card’s image.
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May 16, 2011
May 11, 2011
Vintage Card Term of the Day – Holdered
The term holdered refers to a card which has been encased in plastic and graded. Another term used to describe this is slabbed.
Source: psacard.com
Apr 25, 2011
Vintage Card Term of the Day – Full Bleed
The term full bleed is used to describe a baseball card with an image that goes all the way to the edge of the card. The card does not have a defined border due to the image “bleeding” over the edge of the card.
Sources: keymancollectibles.com and ebay.com
Apr 20, 2011
Vintage Card of the Day, E101 Wagner
The E101 vintage cards, as designated in the American Card Catalog, are an “anonymous” set of cards released circa 1909. This particular card features the famed Pittsburgh shortstop, and maybe even more famous baseball card icon, Honus Wagner, in a batting stance.
Apr 15, 2011
Vintage Card Term of the Day – Doctoring
Doctoring of a baseball card refers to the, some would say nefarious, process of altering a damaged or poor condition card to make it appear as if it was in a better original condition. Some examples of doctoring a card include trimming, coloring or flattening.
