Trimmed or Worn?

[ChiefBenderForever]

I would take the beater, although trimmed can be nice I would rather have the complete card. Much like having a real card opposed to a reprint, I know it's not the same but kind of is.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by JohnnyHarmonica

I would take the beater, although trimmed can be nice I would rather have the complete card.

You could be missing just as much card on a beater, say a corner is torn off or there is heavy paper loss on the surface.

[ChiefBenderForever]

Originally Posted by Matt

You could be missing just as much card on a beater, say a corner is torn off or there is heavy paper loss on the surface.

Good point, I don't mind true damage as opposed to intentional but sometimes you don't have a choice and take what you can get !

[tbob]

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.

[tbob]

Originally Posted by JohnnyHarmonica

Good point, I don't mind true damage as opposed to intentional but sometimes you don't have a choice and take what you can get !

Agreed. When you are trying to complete a very difficult set (E94 master set for example), you can hardly reject an SGC A of a card when it is the first specific color/player combination you have seen in years and you need it. Some cards are so tough that finding them graded even though in an authentic holder makes them very desirable. You can always upgrade to a numerical holder later down the line.

[botn]

Trimmed is trimmed. Too often someone selling a card will write "slight trim." maybe aesthetically it makes a difference but the card is worth the same to me whether 1/64 of an inch is cut off or an 1/8 of an inch is cut off. We are talking about cards, right?

[tbob]

I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Plenty of trimmed T206s residing in PSA 8 and 9 holders and plenty of cards rejected for trimming when they aren't, just size differences coming off the presses.

[Bridwell]

I agree with tbob. It seems like PSA slabbed some trimmed T206 cards, especially in their early days. Some of the lower cert numbers, such as with 3's to 5's at the beginning of the cert numbers. Some of these look very small in the holders to be getting 7's and 8's from PSA.

Another example of how it's better to buy the card, not the slab.

Ron R