[Ronnie73]

I agree. Mainly because I remember a point in time during the 1980's where it was almost common practice with certain sellers to trim every card they had. Because so much trimming was being done, there was not a whole lot that you could use as comparison. This was before anyone was slabbing anything, and before the internet was avaliable to the public. It was also one of the reasons that I didn't collect tobacco cards as a kid. Because I knew nothing about them, and there was no easy way to learn about them. It was no different than coins being cleaned and stamps having cancelations removed and perforations being repunched.