I cut the borders off all my St. Louis Cardinals 1971 Topps so they would fit in my wallet in the photo part of it when I was in elementary school.
Carlton, Brock, Torre, et al
Lots of us did us, so at recess we could see each others collections.
I no longer have the cards, have no idea what happened to them.
We also would cut up the league leader cards for various reasons. Sometimes to cut out a player or team we did not like (ie the Cubs) or to trade someone a Johnny Bench or Hank Aaron part of a card for a player we didn't have.
We had no intention or idea that would ruin the $$$$ value, because they had no dollar value at the time, they were merely toys to play with.
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