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andy beckerthis board favors sgc....no doubt about that.
shouldn't you make your own conclusions from your own experiences? or is everything written on the forum true beyond a reasonable doubt?
most of the debating regarding trimmed cards in psa holders was focused around the psa 8 wagner....which we all know was cut down at one time.
psa is not the reason dealers/collectors started trimming cards, just the opposite, when the hobby really exploded in the early 1980's altering cards was becoming very popular. and collectors coming into the market place were being taken advantage of.
also paul, how do you explain the t206's that are sgc 84 or 88 or 92? did those slip past the graders at sgc??
and that being said, there is more than t206 in our collecting world. isn't there? what about the high sgc graded caramels, cracker jacks, goudeys? how do you explain those grades?
or are all high grade prewar cards altered?
lastly, i have handled a lot of graded prewar cards from both companies. certainly some faults have been missed by psa, but in general (99%), a psa 5 does not have a crease or wrinkle.
how are our experiences so different?