Do You Buy Trimmed Cards?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by mattsey9

I actually seek them out. Great presentation for a fraction of the cost.

+1 I have no problem buying a trimmed card at the right price.

[jchcollins]

I don't have a problem with certain otherwise unattainable cards being trimmed or altered so long as it's disclosed, or reasonably conveyed if suspected (i.e. cards in "A" slabs).

My '56 Mantle that I have had since I was 13 years old is in such a slab because it was altered less than professionally to exchange a corner stain for paper loss. The card doctor was me, in a time before grading before I knew that such tomfoolery could be considered undesirable.

[Chris-Counts]

"I actually seek them out. Great presentation for a fraction of the cost."

"+1 I have no problem buying a trimmed card at the right price."

"I don't have a problem with certain otherwise unattainable cards being trimmed or altered so long as it's disclosed, or reasonably conveyed if suspected."

I don't feel so alone now. When I got back into collecting about 20 years ago, I discovered Net54, and was shocked by all the talk about trimmed cards. I decided then and there that it was a great opportunity. At the time, you could get a trimmed card for 10 cents on the dollar. Now it's closer to 50 percent. Now, two decades later, trimmed cards are just as controversial, but seemingly far more accepted. I constantly run into collectors who are OK with them, if only to get a presentable card at a good price.

[wondo]

I buy trimmed cards and I get them slabbed!!!

[Rhotchkiss]

Not unless I have too -- these must be trimmed (i.e., hand cut), its the only way they come.

[999Tony]

I have no problem with minor trimming as I collect mostly lower condition cards but I don’t like the cards completely missing the borders. (I have a 58 Eddie Mathews and some 58 commons missing entire border if anyone wants them—even most of obc don’t want these) I bought some butterfingers missing entire borders otherwise nice but they bother me more than I thought they would. I do like cards with all four corners neatly and evenly clipped though to match some of my 53 topps— weird I know — no accounting for taste.

[Exhibitman]

Never.