I found a baseball card cut wrong

[Marthe48]

I was looking for something and found the card in a drawer. It is a 1989 Donruss. Most of the front of the card shows a player and part of the Expos logo. The top of the picture is cut. At the bottom of the picture is the name Bobby Witt, with part of a Texas Rangers logo. The way it is cut makes me think it was in manufacture, not by hand.

The back of the card shows Joseph (Joe) Thomas Hesketh stats, that are partially cut off at the left. I looked up Donruss 1989 Joseph (Joe) Thomas Hesketh and the picture is the same as the front of the card, and it is #460.

The card is in a good sleeve and in good condition. What do you call a card that is cut like that? Does it count as an error card? I couldn't find any examples like it when I checked.

[Bristlecone]

1. I am not certain bad cuts are super valuable.

Some people collect error cards and miscuts specifically the Google will tell you more, but big name players with a misprint are worth more than just a bad cut on a random player. I had many bad cuts when I was a kid. Good luck. Hope you have sobering of value.

[Marthe48]

2. I just learned they are called miscuts

The 2 players are pitchers. Bobby Witt (Sr) had a bit of a better career and stats than Joe Hesketh. Hot on the trail, but it doesn't look like I'm going to be rich I'll put it with the other baseball cards.

Thanks for your reply

[DFW]

3. If you want to know if it's worth anything

Ask Heritage Auctions in Dallas. They know a lot about baseball cards. They even sold some rare Mickey Mantle card for something like ten million dollars. They have a lot of expertise in the field.

[Marthe48]

4. I didn't find that card

But learned that it probably isn't worth much. I think my husband thought it would be. I should try Heritage for other cards he collected.

Thanks for the tip.

[DFW]

5. You never know

Since they are pretty well known for handling high end sports collectibles, they are used to getting thousands of inquiries a month about things that aren't worth anything. They are pretty tolerant of people asking about things. Every once in a while, someone will have something that IS worth something, so they are patient with everyone that isn't an obvious scam.

About 15 years ago, at some friend's urging, a penniless Iraq vet once sent them some pamphlet he had found at a garage sale. Although pretty beat up, it turned out to be an original copy of the Federalist Papers, and it sold for $80,000. When Heritage heard that the guy had served, and was essentially broke, they waived their 10% fee, and gave him an additional $8000. For a big outfit, they can be pretty human at times.

[Marthe48]

6. How kind, such a good story

I'm downsizing a lifetime collection. We mostly went on the hunt together, but there were things my husband would get interested in, and things I liked. Now that he's gone, I never know what I'm going to find. During Covid, I looked at the sports cards he collected, mostly ball cards. He has several Ken Griffey rookie cards, and a card showing Michael Jordan batting up for a charity baseball game. Mu husband bought an album from a guy, and it is mainly rookie cards from the late 80s, early 90s. I was never a fan, but my husband loved watching any televised sports, so I absorbed information when the games were on. Going through the cards was a nice walk down memory lane. I gave my son-in-law one of the albums, but he doesn't want the others.

The early Hall of Famer Dick Hoblitzell was born and raised just across the river in WV. We went to a house sale his daughter had and got a cigar box of postcards and photos. Among those we found an early pocket sized rule book. I think it is from 1922, the year many of the baseball rules were changed because of the cheating scandals. It was a fun sale, and my husband was thrilled to talk to Mr. Hoblitzell's daughter. She told him several anecdotes that were priceless

I have a booth, but I really should contact Heritage.