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James GalloFor the most part I REALLY HATE Authentic Cards. I would say 9.5/10 times the cards are trimmed and that really bugs me. I would rather have a low grade card then a pretty trimmed card. Based on how restoration is looked at in the Comic Book and Toy market I would say that a authentic card will often be greatly looked down upon.
The trick with cards are that sometimes cards are so rare that you don't have much of a choice. In these cases that authentic card will still have high demand.
However if a card is otherwise avaialbe in unaltered states then I think the altered card will sell for a lot less.
I have sold a couple of authentic cards and I generally get about the same price as I would for a poor card.
James Gallo
Looking for 1915 Cracker Jacks and 1909-11 American Caramel E90-1.