would you rather have a trimmed "A" or a beater PSA 1?

[darkhorse9]

I'm looking to add a card to my collection and have a budget in mind that would either get me a nicely presenting PSA Authentic that was trimmed, or I could get a creased rounded corner PSA 1

I'm not too worried about resale as it's for my PC, but which would you go for assuming the price was the same for both?

[tycobb]

Personally id take a nicer presenting trimmed card than a creased psa 1 .

[ullmandds]

Kind of depends on the card we're talking about but nine out of 10 times I would prefer a slightly altered. Copy that presents well to a beat up example.

[JUrsaner]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

Kind of depends on the card we're talking about but nine out of 10 times I would prefer a slightly altered. Copy that presents well to a beat up example.

There are many factors that go into it, but ultimately I'd agree with the comment above

[Rare Stuff]

Eye appeal for me.
https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1700691013

[LEHR]

I'd go with the higher eye appeal of the A.. I've never been a big fan of the beaters no matter who it is or how rare.

[brianp-beme]

Perhaps an even more interesting question would be if you prefer a beater graded a '1', or a slabbed card graded high that has been trimmed or altered.

Better call me Beater Brian

[ullmandds]

Kind of depends on the card we're talking about but nine out of 10 times I would prefer a slightly altered Copy that presents well to a beat up example.

This is the route that I took for this US Carmel Ruth.

[packs]

Give me the beater in all their glory:

[bnorth]

Great eye appeal A over ugly 1 any day.

[Casey2296]

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My personal preference is always a numeric number over an altered card.
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