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Posted By: JimB

T206,
What about important highgrade T206 HOFs like Matty portraits in SGC 80? Should we presume they are trimmed unless varified by all three grading companies. Surely you would not argue that SGC 80 is not highgrade, or that there would not be financial incentive to try to get a card like that, if altered, into a holder.

I am not commenting on the Johnson in particular (I don't think a fair assessment can be made from a scan), but since when do we presume guilt in this country? Sure some trimmed cards have made their way into holders (of all three of the big grading companies), but I would guess it is far less than 1% and that is not enough to presume guilt in my book.

Personally, I examine every card I buy very closely, regardless of the holder (or lack thereof). But I do not make presumptions that contradict the evidence in my book.
JimB