Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris Counts
It's hard for me to imagine that trimmed cards existed even in the 1970s since there was hardly anybody I recall from that era that really cared about perfectly sharp corners. Any thoughts? Are trimmed cards a product of the slabbed card era? Or have dealers and collectors always sought to "improve" cards?
|
Cards were 'trimmed' well before the grade mattered - kids would cut them for any number of reasons - to fit into an album, to have them be the same size as other cards or because they didn't think the borders were of any import.