Posted By:
Hal LewisOK, this is going nicely!
We are learning that "modern" cards (anything AFTER 1941) are NOT of any particular interest to the vintage collectors on this board in TRIMMED condition.
While some of this might understandably be due to the fact that these are not always considered "vintage" cards...
I think it is more due to the fact that the 1949 Leaf and 1952 Mantle were MASS produced AFTER the paper drives during WWII (when a ton of vintage material was recycled.)
Thus, people are NOT willing to own those cards in TRIMMED condition REGARDLESS of how rare and valuable they would be if NOT trimmed.
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We are also learning that RARE vintage cards... like the Young and the Ruth... are STILL very valuable even when trimmed.
This is obviously because it is probably the ONLY way that anyone could ever own one of them... so something is better than nothing at all.
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And... once we get a lot more opinions...
then hopefully we will be able to determine a PERCENTAGE by which people tend to value TRIMMED cards when compared to UNTRIMMED versions.