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Judge Dred (Fred)This is the big delimma. A lot of collectors (so called purist) treat trimmed cards as if they are Scarlet lettered women of the past. Personally, I see nothing wrong witha scarlet lettered woman.
It's incredible that a PSA9 or PSA8 prewar card will garnish sooooo much money. These cards are the ones that will have the razor sharp edges/corners that high end collectors cherish. The sad part is that if PSA or SGC deems the card "clean" (not trimmed) then the card is worth several multiples of that same card in a basic collectors grade (lets say Vg/Ex or even Ex). If PSA or SGC deem the card trimmed then people will proclaim that it's worth several multiples less than the basic collectors grade. This is why people submit and continually resubmit a card in an effort to get one of the grading companies to give it an 8 or 9 grade. People realize the potential difference in perceived "value".
Now back to the original question - heck, if the trim job is minimal and possibly not detectable then the trimmed card is potentially worth a lot of money if someone submits and resubmits until SGC or PSA give it an 8 or 9 grade.... if it's an obvious hack job then the card is worth dog doo doo in the eyes of a lot of collectors...