Question about a card with a hole-punch out of it

ahoefs30 · 08-19-2022, 05:16 PM

Have any of you seen a card from this era (late 90's early 2000's) with what looks like a hole-punch taken out of it? Or is this just a weird defect that can happen?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/31411217639...&segname=11051

Stifle · 08-19-2022, 07:54 PM

$200 for what the seller is describing it as a card that a classroom of 1st graders was able to sort through. Surface damage should be the first hint that the card wasn’t produced like that. It’s not a production error.

ahoefs30 · 08-19-2022, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Stifle

$200 for what the seller is describing it as a card that a classroom of 1st graders was able to sort through. Surface damage should be the first hint that the card wasn’t produced like that. It’s not a production error.

I guess I was thinking that I had seen cards with something similar that were stamped out like that when produced as a way to keep them from being packed out or something of that sort. Obviously the surface damage like that isn't part of the manufacturing process

Archangel1775 · 08-20-2022, 12:05 AM

There were cards in the 90's given out as promotional samples from Pinnacle that had a corner snipped off.

mjohnatgt · 08-21-2022, 09:08 AM

Looks like that card was damaged by getting caught in the prongs of a binder.

There are some punches that were done for redemption cards to show that they had been used already, but I don't know if Topps ever did it.

Example: Score Gold with Pinnacle logo punch

1994-95 Score - [Base] - Gold Line Pinnacle Punched #100 - Brett Hull
Courtesy of COMC.com

marinocollector · 08-21-2022, 09:45 AM

Topps never had hole punched cards. Redemptions were never returned.

Someone went to town on this card. My guess? Probably owned by a kid who didnt know what they had. Or a kid got into dad's collection. Long shot that it was from a 1/1 custom card designer (popular in the mid 00s)that started going to town on it, then realized the serial number and stopped.

Either way, not created by the manufacturer in any way shape or form. PSA 1 best case. $20 card to placemark a hole in ones collection.

ahoefs30 · 08-21-2022, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by marinocollector

Topps never had hole punched cards. Redemptions were never returned.

Someone went to town on this card. My guess? Probably owned by a kid who didnt know what they had. Or a kid got into dad's collection. Long shot that it was from a 1/1 custom card designer (popular in the mid 00s)that started going to town on it, then realized the serial number and stopped.

Either way, not created by the manufacturer in any way shape or form. PSA 1 best case. $20 card to placemark a hole in ones collection.

thanks for the help! definitely seems to make sense

08-20-2022, 12:05 AM	#4
Archangel1775 Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Cali baby! Posts: 21,701	There were cards in the 90's given out as promotional samples from Pinnacle that had a corner snipped off. __________________ *There are the intangibles that set someone apart from the pack.So the blur isn't your inability to see his greatness, it's merely the inability to measure it.*

08-21-2022, 09:45 AM	#6
marinocollector Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Locally Posts: 8,287	Topps never had hole punched cards. Redemptions were never returned. Someone went to town on this card. My guess? Probably owned by a kid who didnt know what they had. Or a kid got into dad's collection. Long shot that it was from a 1/1 custom card designer (popular in the mid 00s)that started going to town on it, then realized the serial number and stopped. Either way, not created by the manufacturer in any way shape or form. PSA 1 best case. $20 card to placemark a hole in ones collection. __________________ There's 100 made! Lets hope that one of the .00000001% of the world population that actually own this card decides that today is the day they offer it for sale.

08-19-2022, 05:16 PM	#1
ahoefs30 Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 11	Question about a card with a hole-punch out of it Have any of you seen a card from this era (late 90's early 2000's) with what looks like a hole-punch taken out of it? Or is this just a weird defect that can happen? https://www.ebay.com/itm/31411217639...&segname=11051 Attached Thumbnails

08-19-2022, 07:54 PM	#2
Stifle Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: I've met great collectors throughout MI and N. Indiana / CHI. Posts: 9,321 Stifle	$200 for what the seller is describing it as a card that a classroom of 1st graders was able to sort through. Surface damage should be the first hint that the card wasn’t produced like that. It’s not a production error.

08-21-2022, 09:08 AM	#5
mjohnatgt Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Niceville, FL Posts: 14,557 mjohnatgt mjohnatgt	Looks like that card was damaged by getting caught in the prongs of a binder. There are some punches that were done for redemption cards to show that they had been used already, but I don't know if Topps ever did it. Example: Score Gold with Pinnacle logo punch 1994-95 Score - [Base] - Gold Line Pinnacle Punched #100 - Brett Hull Courtesy of COMC.com