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Paul SWelcome to the board.
A Topps 62 trimmed Maris may be able to command a little more money than the average trimmed card (geez, that sounds pathetic to say) because it is card #1 and it does have 61 homers in the stats the last non-steroid homer record I'm aware of (even more pathetic to say). So, someone who doesn't necessarily need to have it holdered might settle for that, wanting a nice looking example.
Not to compare the following card to the Maris, but along the same line, did anyone see that gorgeous looking Topps 52 Mantle that was in the Huggins and Scott(?) auction several weeks ago? I forget the exact selling price but someone paid between $2,500-3,500 for a card that cannot be holdered. The lot showed the reason SGC(?) returned it, citing extensive alterations. So, I guess some people out there are willing to pay for an unholdered altered icon rather than a holdered Authentic.