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Posted By: identify7

Not everyone considers trimming to be a significant consideration on cards which otherwise would grade vg/ex and below. This is due to the fact that you can lower the grade of these cards without impacting their value much.

For example an attractive low grade Willards Chocolate's Hornsby will retain a high percentage of its resale value, independent of grade, just based on its visual appeal. Therefore, you really can not hurt a vg/ex Hornsby much, by slight trimming. In my humble opinion.

Trimmed high grade cards however, are frequently trimmed to decieve. This occurance is considered distasteful by much of the collecting universe; and the price suffers substantially.

Edited to add: After thinking about it, I imagine that this set has some high priced cards in which trimming even in lower grades can be costly.