Help with Trimming and The real price for trimmed cards

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Posted By: tbob

is that what a grading company says is trimmed may or may not be true. The standards for card quality control was woeful in the early 1900's, particularly with caramel cards. An otherwise nice rare caramel card which is rejected for trimming will still bring a good price in today's market. It all boils down to the collector's preference: do you accept a f-g rare card which is creased and hammered but definitely not trimmed (but corner rounded to beat the band) or a sharp edged beauty which can't get graded? There are pros and cons to both sides.