I started my T206 collection about 3 years ago. I was weary about trimmed cards, I felt I could spot a fake card, and decided to try a few raw cards on ebay.
I had mixed results. I bought some cards that I thought were bargains, only to find out that when I got them in my hands, they were obviously trimmed. Then I bought some beautiful cards that I got at a decent, not great, but decent price, then submitted them to SGC to only find that they came back as "Evidence of Trimming". I contacted the seller and he swore that he had them in his collection for 20+ years. He offered to buy them back from me, but I declined because I liked them. Who nows, maybe they were trimmed before he got them.
Obviously grading companies are subjective, but if you want my 2 cents, I decided to buy only graded T206 from SGC. Easier to sell if you have to. An unnecessary evil.
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