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Posted By: Corey R. Shanus

As regards cabinets/cdvs, I regard them first and foremost as photographs. Therefore I would have no problem having them cleaned. In regard to trimming, for those items that fall within the baseball card genre (e.g., N173s), trimming can have a significant impact on value. However, in regard to me deriving pleasure out of owning the item, clarity and contrast of the image is much more important than condition of the mount. If there is an image I want that has a great photograph but a crummy mount (e.g., trimmed), I can still be okay about adding it to my collection. Sure I would prefer that the mount not have condition issues and pay more for one as such, but I still would be willing to buy the one with the bad mount. Not so with an image that has mediocre photo contrast and/or resolution. That one, regardless how pristine the mount might be, is something I would not add to my collection.