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ramramOK, someone walks up to you and offers two original historically significant albumen images of Abraham Lincoln. One image has a perfect image (contrast, sharpness, tonal quality, etc.) of Lincoln but the corners of the mat are rounded, possibly trimmed, and the back has a stain and someone has written "Abe Lincoln - 1865". He has another of the same image which has perfect corners, no stains and a clean back, however, the photo is faded, not very sharp and you're not sure if it's Lincoln or your mama. The man says your choice - $500. Which do you choose? Then he says, oops, I meant to say that the image with rounded corners is $250 and the faded image with the sharp corners is $750. Now I'm sure you grade-hounds are having a dilemma right now. My point - an original image with great image quality and content is what matters. Why is everyone so concerned with edges and corners?? In the future those kind of cards will go the way of the pogs.