I have purchased great looking raw cards on ebay, BST and also from different online auctions which have come back SGC A because of slight trimming. It is always disappointing but the beauty of the card helps ease the pain. I would rather have an SGC 60 or 70 looking pre-war card which has no apparent trim problem to the naked eye of the collector (but not the grading company) than a beater 10. That said, not all 10s are created equal. I also have very nice cards in 10 holders because of back paper loss which is minor or 1911 and 1912 Zeenuts with writing notations on the blank backs.
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